Breast Milk Helps Premature Infants: Study

By [url=http://www.reuters.com]Breaking News, World News, Business & Finance News | Reuters.com[/url] Even the tiniest premature babies should get breast milk while they are in a hospital’s intensive care unit because it appears to boost their mental development, a study said on Monday. A second study on breast feeding found that it does not raise the risk that children will develop tooth decay later in life, as some earlier research had suggested. Giving breast milk to premature baby helps your baby in many ways. Your breast milk helps to meet special needs of your [URL="http://www.healthwatchcenter.com/category/childhood-disorders/"]premature baby[/URL]. Your breast milk and colostrum contains white blood cells, antibodies and other immune properties which helps your premature baby to resist infection. According to recent studies, breast milk also improves the neurological development of premature babies. The substances present in breast milk improve the digestion of fats and proteins even for the premature baby. Giving breast milk to the premature infants is considered as important as giving medications by the physicians. Premature infants may be too ill to feed directly from the breast, so you can start the process of lactation by expressing milk with a breast pump. Louie.