The last month has been nothing shy of a whirlwind for Caitlin and Nick Smith. Their baby boy, Zaagi, was born 5 weeks early back in January of 2025. One of their big concerns was how they were going ...

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Every parent in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) dreams of the day they can bring their premature baby home safely. While many factors influence how long a ...

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. — Jasmine Watson of Fairview Heights is the first mother whose premature baby died from an intestinal disease to take a formula company to trial for it. She gave birth to twin ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For preterm newborns unable to breastfeed, cup feeding confers no benefit over other methods of supplying nutrition and may increase their hospital stay, according a review ...

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. — The first time Matt and Susan Leas heard the words “Necrotizing Enterocolitis” was when a doctor told them one of their premature twins, Sophia, was probably not going to ...

An algorithm that learned from tens of thousands of nutrition prescriptions for premature babies could reduce medical errors and better identify what nutrients the smallest patients need. Artificial ...

In Maloney Hall earlier this year, a breast pump sat on a table, chugging like a metronome as it propelled formula through a baby bottle and into a glass beaker. After a minute, Britt Pados ’03, an ...

A Connecticut judge awarded nearly $32 million to grieving parents after their premature baby died when a hospital fed him ...

Unlike full-term babies, premature babies have distinct nutritional needs. Their growth continues outside the womb, and their organs, digestive system, and immune response are still developing.