Background Provision of mother's own milk is the optimal way to feed infants, including very
low birth weight infants (VLBW,< 1500 g). Importantly for VLBW infants, who are at elevated …

Importance For many very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants, there is insufficient mother's milk,
and a supplement of pasteurized donor human milk or preterm formula is required …

Importance Maternal milk feeding of extremely preterm infants during the birth
hospitalization has been associated with better neurodevelopmental outcomes compared …

There have been several recent papers summarizing the importance of nutrition for early
brain development and developmental outcomes. 1, 2 Although the evidence for the …

Purpose Donor breastmilk (DBM) has gained popularity as an alternative to formula when
mother's own milk (MOM) is unavailable. The objective of this study was to evaluate the …

Importance Maternal milk feeding may have unique long-term neurodevelopmental benefits
in very preterm infants. Objective To examine the extent to which maternal milk feeding after …

Human milk (HM) contains critical nutrients and possibly other neurotrophic factors that
could benefit the less developed brain of preterm infants, particularly those with very low …

Human milk has many well-established health benefits for both term and premature infants.
When mother's own milk is unavailable, pasteurized donor human milk feeding has become …

Significant benefits to infant host defense, sensory–neural development, gastrointestinal
maturation, and some aspects of nutritional status are observed when premature infants are …

Background: The effect of human milk intake on neurodevelopment in preterm infants is
uncertain. Methods: We analyzed data from 611 participants in the DHA for Improvement of …