Probiotics were associated with reduced mortality rates in the 7401 infants with a birth weight less than 1000g, but not with decreased rates of necrotizing enterocolitis. HealthDay News — For infants ...

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 ...

A large-scale survey of published studies associatesd probiotics with a favorable benefit-to-risk ratio for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) although it did not rule out a small risk of ...

Meta-analysis shows that probiotics reduce the risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in very preterm or very low birth weight infants. In a recent study published in the journal Pediatric Research, ...

Despite medical advances and lower baby mortality rates, there is a concerning trend of growing baby ill health. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 20 million babies are born ...

Probiotics are one of the most widely used supplements in the world. Research keeps coming out on the importance of ...

Breast milk, which naturally contains prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics, has always been promoted as the best for babies, with mothers encouraged to exclusively breastfeed their newborns up to ...

Probiotics interact with gut cells. This results in higher levels of specific proteins, known as anti-inflammatory cytokines. The presence of these cytokines brings in more macrophages and mononuclear ...

A sign of a good quality probiotic will be whether or not it contains Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus or not. These two ...