Breast milk appears to aid white matter microstructural organization in preemies

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/cnhs-bma050317.php

Public Release: 4-May-2017
Breast milk appears to aid white matter microstructural organization in preemies
AAP endorses breast-feeding to enhance bonding and to lower infants' risk for infection, obesity
Children's National Health System

To the growing list of reasons why mothers should consider breast-feeding infants, add another: Critical white matter structures in the brains of babies who are born so prematurely that they weigh less than 1,500 grams develop more robustly when their mothers breast-feed them, compared with preemie peers who are fed formula.

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