Breastfeeding basics: benefits for babies
Breastfeeding babies provides them with perfect nutrition, highly digestible and "custom-made" for each infant from its mothers' breast. This fact alone is often reason enough for women to choose...
View ArticleMom's Smoking Tied to Dangerous Gut Illness in Preemies
(HealthDay News) -- Mothers who smoke while pregnant may raise the risk that, if born prematurely, their babies will develop a serious and perhaps life-threatening bowel disease known as "necrotizing...
View ArticleOver One Million Dollars Donated to Philanthropic Organizations by Prolacta...
-- Contributions Were Made Possible by the Generosity of Mothers’ Breast Milk Donations -- MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prolacta Bioscience has announced that more than one million dollars...
View ArticleStudy Shows Hospital Cost Savings Linked to Exclusively Human Milk-Based...
-- Prolacta Bioscience® Applauds Study Comparing Human Milk-Based Fortifier versus Cow Milk-Based Fortifier Fed to Infants Born at 28 Weeks Gestation or Less -- MONROVIA, Calif. - Prolacta Bioscience®...
View ArticleThe Healing Power of Human Milk
Showcasing New Documentary to Raise Awareness About the Value of Donor Milk...
View ArticleGuest: Fund breastfeeding visitations
Earlier this month, Sarasota Memorial Hospital eliminated its innovative Mother-Baby Lactation Nurse Home Visitation Program. "Since roughly half of our OB patients are Medicaid, the Women and...
View ArticleKangaroo care -- skin-to-skin bonding between mother and baby -- has multiple...
When Melissa Bungar gave birth to her third child, her mother's instinct told her it was natural to occasionally hold infant Chloe nestled against her bare chest skin-to-skin. "There they are in...
View Article'Kangaroo Care' has multiple benefits for mother and baby
When Melissa Bungar gave birth to her third child, her mother's instinct told her it was natural to occasionally hold infant Chloe nestled against her bare chest skin-to-skin. "There they are in...
View ArticleProlacta Bioscience® Continues Steady Donations to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
-- The Two Organizations Extend Agreement through April 30, 2012 -- MONROVIA, Calif. - Prolacta Bioscience, the first and only company to offer human milk fortifier (HMF) made from 100% human breast...
View ArticleDonations to Susan G. Komen for the Cure® from Prolacta Bioscience Surpasses...
MONROVIA, Calif. - Prolacta Bioscience, the first and only company to offer human milk fortifier (HMF) made from 100% human breast milk for critically ill, premature infants, has announced that their...
View ArticleDonations to Susan G. Komen for the Cure from Prolacta Bioscience Approach...
MONROVIA, Calif. - Prolacta Bioscience, the first and only company to offer Human Milk Fortifier (HMF) made from 100% human breast milk for critically ill premature infants, has announced an additional...
View ArticleSimplyThick may have been unknown to many consumers -- until now
Parents and pediatricians are advised not to use the thickening gel SimplyThick for infants born before 37 weeks--here's a closer look at the gel and necrotizing enterocolitis. (Food and Drug...
View ArticleMedela Announces 2011 Virtual Human Milk Collection Campaign Award Recipients
Medela to donate $30,000 in Breastfeeding Support Products to Neonatal Intensive Care Units...
View ArticleProlacta Bioscience® Applauds American Academy of Pediatrics Revised Policy...
MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prolacta Bioscience applauds the revised policy statement recently released by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), recommending that all preterm infants receive...
View ArticleExclusive Breast Milk-Based Nutrition for Premature Infants on the Rise,...
-- Prematurity Awareness Month Marked by Growing Use of Human Milk-Based Products in Neonatal Intensive Care Units -- MONROVIA, Calif. - Marking the first day of National Prematurity Awareness Month,...
View ArticleMedela Announces Virtual Human Milk Collection Campaign Award Recipients in...
Medela to donate $30,000 in Neonatal Human Milk Support Products to Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Florida, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, North Dakota and Wisconsin , Dec. 15, 2010...
View ArticleBreast milk donations a gift of life to preemies
For years, Heidi Solomon and her husband tried to have a baby. For just over five months, Ms. Solomon was pregnant. And for just two days, Jonah Solomon survived. Their bright and tidy Morgantown.,...
View ArticleThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week
International campaign aims to improve the health of babies worldwide by educating the public about the important benefits of breastfeeding Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) August 05, 2011 In response to the...
View ArticleEarly milk feeds best for vulnerable premature babies
Babies who are born premature and 'growth-restricted' would generally benefit from starting milk feeds within the first 2448 hours after birth, the study found. High-risk premature babies are...
View ArticleResearch and Markets: Neonatology at a Glance, 2nd Edition
DUBLIN - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/103cfc/neonatology_at_a_g) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Neonatology at a Glance, 2nd...
View ArticleProlacta Bioscience® Applauds Johns Hopkins Research Reinforcing Benefits of...
Research Underscores Significance of the Only Liquid, Human Milk-Based, Human Milk Fortifier Clinically Proven to Reduce Odds of Developing Necrotizing Enterocolitis1 MONROVIA, Calif. - Prolacta...
View ArticleInsurers' breast pump plan helps babies receive mom's best medicine
More vulnerable babies are getting their mothers medicine now that the states largest health insurer provides breast pumps to moms of infants in neonatal intensive care units. Kimberly Morris of...
View ArticleMedela to donate $30,000 in Breastfeeding Support Products to Neonatal...
Virtual Human Milk Collection Campaign Award Recipients Announced Google...
View ArticleTexas Children's Hospital Leads the Way By Feeding 100 Percent Breast Milk to...
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View ArticleDonor milk bank gives boost to babies - Wire Health & Medical - The...
AKRON, Ohio -- Got milk? The Mothers' Milk Bank of Ohio wants it. Ohio is facing a milk shortage - as in human breast milk. The nonprofit milk bank that processes donated human breast milk to...
View ArticleDonor milk bank gives boost to babies
Got milk? The Mothers’ Milk Bank of Ohio wants it. Ohio is facing a milk shortage — as in human breast milk. The nonprofit milk bank that processes donated human breast milk to distribute primarily to...
View ArticleIn vitro study finds digested formula, but not breast milk, is toxic to cells...
(Source: University of California) Findings may help explain development of fatal condition in premature infants Free fatty acids created during the digestion of infant formula cause cellular death...
View ArticleSaving babies' lives, ounce by ounce
Hospitals and other organizations routinely urge people to give blood, bone marrow and even some organs, but Texas Children's Hospital is launching a different kind of donor program: breast milk. The...
View ArticlePremature babies harbor fewer, but more dangerous microbe types
Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center and Nicholas School of the Environment looked at the microbes in 11 premature infants and found much less diversity than in full-term infants. "The...
View ArticleTexas Children's Hospital Leads the Way By Feeding 100 Percent Breast Milk to...
To: FAMILY, HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDITORS Experts believe breast milk is still best, especially for premature babies. Hospital encourages moms to donate excess milk to local milk bank HOUSTON, Aug. 3,...
View ArticleMore hospitals storing, sharing breast milk with ill babies
BALTIMORE -- LaQuasha Singletary was having a normal pregnancy until the day her blood pressure shot up and her vision blurred. The Pikesville, Md., woman was rushed to Sinai Hospital in Baltimore...
View ArticleDigested formula, but not breast milk, found toxic to cells (University of...
(Source: University of California) SAN DIEGO - Free fatty acids created during the digestion of infant formula cause cellular death that may contribute to necrotizing enterocolitis, a severe intestinal...
View ArticleIn vitro study finds digested formula, but not breast milk, is toxic to cells
Scientists have long known that premature infants fed formula are more likely to develop necrotizing enterocolitis than those fed breast milk. The condition is the leading cause of death from...
View ArticleStrategies helped California hospitals improve breast milk feeding rates for...
NOV. 8, 2012 BY ERIN DIGITALE Premature babies benefit from consuming breast milk, but their chance of receiving it has been strongly influenced by the hospital where they spend their early days. Now,...
View ArticleBreast-feeding best for tiniest babies
Two weeks after her baby came into the world, Alicia Crews was still scared to hold her new daughter, Indira, against her breast. She was 1 pound, 3 ounces at birth — about the size of a newborn puppy....
View ArticleMedela Announces Virtual Breast Milk Collection Campaign in Honor of...
Medela encourages voting to help Neonatal Intensive Care Units win Medela products Google...
View ArticleTexas Children's Hospital ranks #2 nationally in neonatology among nation's...
Texas Children's Newborn Center features nation's largest Level-3 NICU HOUSTON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas Children's Hospital has been recognized as a national leader in...
View ArticleSmall Steps: How Hospitals Save More Preemie Lives
Hospitals are changing how they care for premature infants amid growing evidence that some longtime practices, intended to keep the most vulnerable babies alive, may increase risks of serious and...
View ArticleEven The Sickest Babies Benefit From Breast-Feeding
Nurses lead patient education program for mothers of newborns Pediatric researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia describe a successful program in which nurses helped mothers attain high...
View ArticleBreastfeeding can benefit even the sickest babies
Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): It looks like even the sickest babies can benefit from breast-feeding. Pediatric researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia describe a successful program in which...
View ArticleMilk banks offer ways for moms to donate excess milk for premature babies
Photo Courtesy PilmerPR Doctors and healthcare professionals refer to breast milk as liquid gold because of the nutrients and natural benefits it provides to a newborn. But for a premature baby, their...
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