Babies Benefit When Mom Eats More Seafood
Mothers want to do what is best for their babies. With the help of clear data on prenatal fish consumption and a unified voice from nutritional authorities, more mothers will be able to do just that.
Infant Summit Spotlights Prematurity, Policy & Health Care’s “Angels on Earth”
As CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota remembers, it was just another day at work. Until it wasn’t. A routine prenatal check-up for Alisyn, then 30 weeks pregnant with twins, turned life changing when her doctor announced that she’d need to deliver her daughters within 48 hours. A rare condition was preventing one baby from receiving enough […]
A False Tubing Alarm for Hospitals & Preemies
Hospitals advised to abandon their tubing system may have been misled – news that could come as a relief to parents and health care providers of premature infants.
“Got Milk?” May Be a Life-or-Death Question for Preemies
Protecting premature infants from a deadly intestinal disease, new research suggests, may boil down to a surprising combination: milk and bacteria.
New Hope, New Challenges for Moms with Postpartum Depression
A newly approved medication for postpartum depression could mark a major advance for new mothers – if they can access the drug.
How Human Milk Allows Preemies to Catch Up
A diet of human milk allows the smallest of preemies to catch up on weight gain, new research confirms.
New Evidence Validates Infant Feeding Connector Concerns
A new study suggests that an increasingly widespread hospital tubing system could be inaccurate—a dangerous finding for infants.
New “Fast Facts” Explores Feeding Challenges for Premature Infants
Prematurity causes tiny babies to spend days or weeks, sometimes months, in neonatal intensive care. But a new “Fast Facts” highlights one challenge that often keeps them there when they are otherwise ready to go home: feeding.
What’s Human Milk Good For?
Dubbed “liquid gold,” human milk offers a nutritional elixir for infants. And that has researchers asking an intriguing question: How else could human milk be used to optimize health?
Infant Health Summit Highlights Need for Access, Nutrition & Safety
Advocates cannot reach every infant or every family, acknowledged National Coalition for Infant Health Medical Director Mitchell Goldstein, MD, as he welcomed attendees to the fourth annual infant health policy summit on Thursday.
