Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) has widespread implications for neonates. While mostly affecting preterm neonates, full-term neonates, especially those with congenital heart disease, are also at risk.
"NEC is the most important disease that most people have probably never heard of. The impact of this disease on premature infants and their families is great, and is made worse by the fact that ...
What’s not being said in the wake of preemie formula lawsuits: Parents & hospitals do have options
Over 1,000 lawsuits have been filed against the nation’s leading baby formula manufacturers, alleging a link between cow milk ...
Parents allege that the specialized, cow’s-milk based products for preterm infants caused their babies to develop NEC and ...
Back in October, a jury found North Chicago-based Abbott and Reckitt’s formula subsidiary Mead Johnson not responsible for a ...
The decision to allow a new trial could have implications for both the companies and families with babies born prematurely.
The efficacy of indomethacin therapy and the risk of NEC were evaluated by retrospective data analysis of 250 preterm neonates with echocardiogram-confirmed PDA who were treated with indomethacin.
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Research suggests common viral infection worsens deadly condition among premature babiesSuspecting a connection between CMV and NEC severity, Hackam and his colleagues developed a neonatal mouse model of NEC with CMV. When they compared the intestines of the rodents with and without ...
It was the third lawsuit to go to trial alleging that cow’s milk-based products for premature infants caused babies to develop NEC — and one of 1,490 lawsuits Abbott now faces in federal and ...
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