May 11, 2007 — Probiotic supplements might reduce the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm neonates, according to the results of a study reported in the May 12 issue of The Lancet. "Results of ...

The most recent causative theory hinges on a triad of formula feeding, intestinal ischemia, and bacterial growth (especially Clostridium, a gram-positive rod, and gram-negative rods). Factors such as ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) remains one of the most severe gastrointestinal emergencies affecting preterm infants. It is characterised by inflammation and necrosis of the intestinal wall, with ...

Maybe probiotics would have saved my son’s life. I’ll never know because when I asked Micah’s care team to consider probiotics to counter the deluge of antibiotics, I was dismissed as senseless. My ...

Use of probiotics in neonatal units was associated with decreased mortality in preterm and low-birth-weight infants. Rates of necrotizing enterocolitis and late-onset sepsis were not different versus ...

Using a mouse model of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) -- a potentially fatal condition that causes a premature infant's gut to suddenly die -- researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have uncovered the ...

Cutting-edge discovery in the lab of Catherine Hunter, MD, from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago offers a new direction toward ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a debilitating and deadly condition that affects infants who were born preterm. In NEC cases, intestinal tissues become inflamed, and in severe cases there is ...

Providing human breast milk to preterm infants is a strategy for preventing complications including necrotizing enterocolitis. Because a mother's own milk (considered the gold standard) is not always ...

Neonatologist shares how breast milk improves survival and health outcomes in fragile newborns and why Austin is the leader ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious gastrointestinal emergency, particularly for the premature babies who are the individuals primarily at risk for this disease of the intestines. When NEC ...