Tag: Premature Babies

According to one study, the more breast milk premature newborns are fed while in neonatal intensive care, the better their brain development. The cerebral cortex—the region of the brain responsible for learning and thinking—is often undeveloped in premature babies, but it quickly matched that of term babies in infants who ingested high doses of breast milk. How Can Breast Milk Help in Infant's Brain Development? According to experts, feeding premature newborns breast milk may help lessen the developmental and learning issues linked with preterm birth. University researchers scanned the brains of 212 premature...