Benefits of an Exclusive Human Milk Diet Extend Beyond Reduction of NEC, Finds New Study Published in the Journal Breastfeeding Medicine

Prolacta Bioscience®, the pioneer in Prolact+ H2MF®, announced today that a new study published in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine found that premature infants weighing less than 1,250 grams at birth who were fed an exclusive human milk-based diet (EHMD) not only showed a "significantly lower incidence of NEC and mortality" but also a reduction in late-onset sepsis, retinopathy of prematurity (which can lead to blindness) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a form of chronic lung disease in infants.(1) Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an intestinal disease and the leading cause of mortality in premature infants.

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