Breast milk, even offered 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 ...

You've heard the slogan: "Breast milk is best." For premature babies, that's especially true, and now a compilation of studies published in the American Academy of Pediatrics' journal confirms it. The ...

Editor's Note: Scientific literature generally uses the words "mother" and "maternal" in reference to a person with a uterus who has carried a child. To avoid inconsistencies, this article also uses ...

Each year, around 15 million children around the world are born preterm- before 37 weeks of gestation. Preterm birth is linked to an underdeveloped cerebral cortex and is the biggest cause of death ...