Enterocolitis is a serious inflammation of the small and large intestines that often results from infection Enterocolitis is an inflammation of the large and small intestines. The word is a ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common surgical emergency affecting the gastrointestinal tract of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The incidence of NEC varies from 0 ...

We have reached a point of impasse in treatment of preterm infants and many of their illnesses. Many of the problems we see ...

The quality of care to low birth weight (LBW) infants has improved as a result of modern technology and advances in neonatology. Along with this increased survival of LBW infants, the diagnosis of ...

Unlike wine or tomatoes, breast milk's physiological properties have been honed by evolution to be healthy. In babies it can ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) has widespread implications for neonates. While mostly affecting preterm neonates, full-term neonates, especially those with congenital heart disease, are also at risk.

Researchers found that 30-40% of the very-low-birth-weight infant's gut microbiota came from the mother’s milk, and direct ...

Nexilico, a pioneer in precision microbiome engineering, and Siolta Therapeutics, a leader in the development of live biotherapeutic products (LBPs), have entered into a collaboration agreement to ...

At her home in San Jose, 91 year old Terry Asquith looks back at how she's given the gift of life to at-risk babies. 50 years ...

A factory employee collapsed at work and later died, the day after her manager allegedly refused to allow her another day's ...