AAAAARGH! What an incorrect and misleading headline!!!!
From Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Breast milk can't help preemies' brains: study
Friday, August 27, 2004
Harlan Spector
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1093599078164
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A Cleveland study of extremely premature infants showed no differences in
brain development between babies fed mother's milk and those given formula.
(see link above for the rest of the article)
Me again.
The actual study did NOT study breast milk alone, only fortified breast milk
vs. formula.
The study which this news item reports on is:
http://www.jrnldbp.com/pt/re/jdbp/abstract.00004703-200408000-00004.htm;jses
sionid=Bv9JU8LjJVGougsBxKomnSxk51dNr8BMe1JCA7j1IR5tPYRstsin!-2076241621!-949
856032!9001!-1
or try:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?U24026829
The Effect of Neonatal Maternal Milk Feeding on the Neurodevelopmental
Outcome of Very Low Birth Weight Infants.
Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 25(4):247-253, August
2004.
FURMAN, LYDIA M.D.; WILSON-COSTELLO, DEANNE M.D.; FRIEDMAN, HARRIET M.A.;
TAYLOR, H. GERRY Ph.D.; MINICH, NORI B.S.; HACK, MAUREEN M.B., Ch.B.
Links: Abstract | HTML | PDF (88 K)
Abstract:
The effect of maternal milk feeding during the first 4 weeks of life on
neurodevelopmental outcomes at 20 months corrected age (CA) of singleton
very low birth weight (VLBW) (<1.5 kg) infants was examined. Ninety-eight
VLBW infants born from January 1997 to February 1999 were followed to 20
months CA (mean birth weight, 1012 g; gestational age, 27 weeks). Maternal
milk intake was calculated as both mean milliliters per kilogram per day and
graded doses. Outcomes included the Bayley Mental Development Index (MDI)
and Psychomotor Development Index (PDI), and rates of cerebral palsy (CP)
and of overall neurodevelopmental impairment. After adjusting for neonatal
and social risk, results revealed no effect of maternal milk on outcomes.
MDI was predicted by both social and neonatal risk, and PDI, CP, and
neurodevelopmental impairment were predicted by neonatal risk. In this
small, high-risk group of VLBW infants, the effects of social and neonatal
risk appear to outweigh any possible benefits of maternal milk on
neurodevelopmental outcome.
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