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: ...

The progression from enteral to independent oral feeding represents a critical milestone in the care of preterm infants, involving a complex interplay between neurological maturation, oromotor skills ...

Just because feeding is one of the first things we do in life doesn’t mean it’s simple. To the contrary, feeding is a feat of such complexity and skill that many healthy newborns struggle to feed at ...

Among infants born very preterm, human milk feeding at hospital discharge is associated with fewer respiratory hospital admissions during their first 18 months than exclusive formula feeding.

For infants, especially those born prematurely, nutrient absorption and proper development go hand in hand. However, no precise measures or clinical tools exist to measure nutrient absorption or to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...