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Fortifying ready-to-eat therapeutic foods with DHA-rich fish oil may significantly improve brain development in malnourished infants and children, says a triple-blind, randomized, controlled clinical feeding trial.

Having a relationship with your child based on empathy and mutual respect, also known as “gentle parenting,” can make them more confident, says one...

Having a relationship with your child based on empathy and mutual respect, also known as “gentle parenting,” can make them more confident, says one...

High levels of NfL, a brain injury biomarker, soon after birth are linked to retinopathy of prematurity and BSID II and III scores at 2 years of age.

As the first shelter-in-place orders took hold in California, pregnant women reported substantially elevated depressive symptoms, potentially adversely...

I certainly identify with virtually everything that Henry Makow has written here. There is certainly a war on mothers, the very people who are the fabric of the family structure. My own mother passed away in 2018, and I certainly wished that I could spend one more hour with her saying simple things like, “Thank you for all the sacrifice you made.” That woman made sure that my siblings got an education, not an ideology which can literally cripple one’s moral and intellectual growth and ab...

HMO levels in human milk linked to infant cognitive development: Abbott Study Data published in the Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences​​ indicated that 2´-fucosyllactose (2´-FL) and 6´-sialyllactose (6´-SL) were positively correlated with motor scores at 6 and 18 months of age. In addition, 6´-SL levels in human milk were positively correlated with cognitive scores at 18 months of age, wrote the researchers, led by Elena Oliveros, R&D Abbott Nutrition in Granada, Spain. The study sh...

Date Time “Good bacteria” in breast milk changes over time Scientists discover complex and dynamic bacterial ecosystem in human breast milk using genomic technology pioneered for the International Space Station The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant through breast milk changes significantly over time and could act like a daily booster shot for infant immunity and metabolism. The research, conducted by scientists from Montreal and Guatemala and published in Frontier...

Feb 17, 2021 EXPRESS FILE PHOTO Officers and members of the Kiwanis Club of Lock Haven gather at their annual picnic last September at the Sons of Italy campground. The picnic each September will be when the club bestows its new Lee Phillips Community service Award. LOCK HAVEN — The Kiwanis Club of Lock Haven is celebrating its 95th anniversary! In 1926, the local chapter began just 11 years after Kiwanis International was founded in 1915 by a group of businessmen in Detroit, Mich. The organi...

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