Despite hopes that early nutrition could enhance brain growth in preterm infants, a new study finds no significant impact—challenging assumptions about feeding strategies in neonatal care. Study: ...

A clinical trial among preterm babies gives a view into corporate warfare in the high-stakes business of infant nutrition.

A breast milk enema resulted in faster meconium evacuation and a shorter time to enteral feeding compared with a saline enema, a randomized clinical trial in a Chinese hospital showed. Among 286 ...

Extremely preterm infants remain a very high-risk category for illness and mortality. Prior research indicates this may be mitigated by feeding preterm infants with human milk fortified with a human ...

Long-term consequences of prematurity are a public health concern. A pattern of slow initial weight gain followed by a period of rapid weight gain has been associated with poor cardiometabolic health ...

Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:CAH) launched its next-generation NTrainer System 2.0 to help premature and newborn infants in independent feeding. The system focuses on non-nutritive suck, or NNS, a ...

Sometimes babies arrive early and families find themselves stepping into a world they never expected: the neonatal intensive care unit.