Health
When can my baby drink cow's milk? It's sooner than you think, say researchers
Parents are often faced with well-meaning opinions and conflicting advice about what to feed their babies.
Apr 5, 2024
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News tagged with infant formulas
Pediatrics
Infant gut microbes have their own circadian rhythm: Study finds diet has little impact on how the microbiome assembles
Infant gut microbiomes oscillate with a circadian rhythm, even when they are cultivated outside of the body. Researchers report in the journal Cell Host & Microbe that the rhythm is detectable as early as two weeks after ...
Apr 2, 2024
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Pediatrics
Why is toddler milk so popular? Follow the money
Toddler milk is popular and becoming more so. Just over a third of Australian toddlers drink it. Parents spend hundreds of millions of dollars on it globally. Around the world, toddler milk makes up nearly half of total formula ...
Mar 18, 2024
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Health
Infant health suffered during baby formula shortage, study finds
The nationwide baby formula shortage two years ago forced many parents to involuntarily switch brands or types. A recent survey from researchers at the University of California, Davis, highlights how these substitutions led ...
Mar 7, 2024
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Pediatrics
Improving infant formula safety: A new frontier in pathogen detection
Cronobacter sakazakii, a pathogen in powdered infant formula, poses significant risks to neonates, causing outbreaks in NICUs with high mortality rates. This Gram-negative bacterium, resistant to desiccation, can survive ...
Mar 5, 2024
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Neuroscience
Study shows value of donated breast milk for extremely premature infants
Extremely premature infants who were fed donated breast milk had less than half the rate of a life-threatening disease than those fed formula, according to a new study led by the University of Iowa.
Feb 20, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Disease sweeping through Gaza's refugee camps
Health officials in Gaza are growing increasingly concerned about the spread of disease among displaced communities in the besieged enclave.
Feb 8, 2024
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Health
Pediatrician offers advice on 'toddler formula'
The formula aisle at your local supermarket has expanded in the past few years. Next to infant formula products you will often see products labeled specifically for older babies and toddlers. The products have names like, ...
Dec 22, 2023
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Pediatrics
Breastfeeding alters infant gut in ways that boost brain development, may improve test scores: Study
Breastfeeding, even partially alongside formula feeding, changes the chemical makeup—or metabolome—of an infant's gut in ways that positively influence brain development and may boost test scores years later, suggests ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Autism spectrum disorders
How autistic parents feel about breastfeeding and the support they receive
Surprisingly little is still known about autism and breastfeeding. A few years ago, we reviewed all of the research evidence and found limited information about the experiences of autistic parents—beyond highlighting that ...
Nov 10, 2023
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