On 21 Sep 2007 at 14:57, Esther Grunis, IBCLC wrote:

> There was a huge article in today's newspaper about a dramatic
> increase in NEC in the NICU in one of the largest hospitals in Israel,
> Soroka in Beersheva.  The Health Ministry did an investigation, and
> the only conclusion they reached is that this happened right after the
> hospital switched to Similac and started giving Special Care to
> preemies.  The hospital switched back to Materna, the local brand.  
> 
> Have there been any reports in the US linking Similac Special Care to
> NEC?

Hello Esther,

I have just googled a little bit on this disturbing news. I found a report
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/105/2/379
in which it is stated: "Two different formulas, Similac and Enfamil, were used during the study 
period. The substrate composition is very similar in both formulas. It is unlikely that changing 
from Similac to Enfamil accounted for the large observed differences in the incidence of 
NEC."

I found more reports with similac, breastmilk and NEC, but this is the only one I found (in a 
quick search) that has used different formula's, one of which is Similac.
I wonder why they thought it was unlikely that changing formula's wasn't the reason for the 
large differences in the incidence of NEC.


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Heleen Hayes, http://www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes

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