Study Finds Lower Rate of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Than a Diet of Bovine Milk-Based Products
Prolacta Bioscience, the first and only company to offer human milk fortifier (HMF) made from 100% human breast milk for premature and critically ill infants, has announced the results of a groundbreaking study that will have long-term benefits for the nutritional care of very low-birth-weight preterm infants (less than 2 pounds, 12 ounces or 1250 grams) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The study was published in The Journal of Pediatrics December 28, 2009 online edition at www.jpeds.com.
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China's C-Section Rate Highest Worldwide, WHO Study Says
Almost half of all births in China are via caesarean section, representing the world's highest rate for the procedure, according to a World Health Organization study published on Tuesday in the medical journal Lancet, the Boston Globe reports. According to WHO, rates of c-sections have reached "epidemic proportions" in many countries.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Labor Inductions Increase Risk Of Caesareans, Study Finds
Inducing labor prior to 39 weeks' gestation increases the risk of caesarean section, according to a study in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reuters reports.
Christopher Glantz at the University of Rochester School of Medicine found that induced labor resulted in one to two c-sections per 25 inductions that could have been avoided by waiting for natural labor. Glantz said that the additional c-sections can quickly add up to tens of thousands of unnecessary procedures, which carry the risk of infection, bleeding, blood clots and injury to other organs.
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