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 ...

A global atlas mapping two key gut bacteria in infants around the world has uncovered a treasure trove of bacterial strains adapted to the infant gut and not found in commercial probiotic products. It ...

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 ...

An international team of researchers has modified a probiotic yeast to make it safer for use by immunocompromised people, older adults and infants. Testing in an animal model found that the modified ...

Newborn babies have one of three pioneer bacteria in their gut shortly after birth, one of which could be used to develop new personalised infant therapeutic probiotics, researchers show. In the ...

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, ...

As a parent, you want to give your baby the healthiest start possible. From the first spoonful of semi-solid food to their growing curiosity about new tastes, every step feels precious. Among many ...

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 ...