August 1, 2019
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.
July 11, 2019
Protecting premature infants from a deadly intestinal disease, new research suggests, may boil down to a surprising combination: milk and bacteria.
June 13, 2019
A seasonal respiratory virus that threatens the lives of infants also can have a ripple effect on caregivers, families and workplaces, a new data analysis demonstrates.
April 2, 2019
A newly approved medication for postpartum depression could mark a major advance for new mothers – if they can access the drug.
March 12, 2019
A diet of human milk allows the smallest of preemies to catch up on weight gain, new research confirms.
March 5, 2019
A new study suggests that an increasingly widespread hospital tubing system could be inaccurate—a dangerous finding for infants.
February 26, 2019
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.
January 17, 2019
An incomplete and poorly conceived report from the controversial Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has set its sights on a most unbecoming target: infants with a degenerative, life-threatening neurological condition.
January 3, 2019
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?
October 29, 2018
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.
