Science Update: Skin-to-Skin Care May Boost Preterm Infant Neurodevelopment
August 31, 2024
August 31, 2024
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news:
Skin-to-skin care--placing an infant on a caregiver's bare chest for feeding or bonding--may benefit very preterm infants' neurodevelopment, suggests a study funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Researchers found that very preterm newb . . .
Skin-to-skin care--placing an infant on a caregiver's bare chest for feeding or bonding--may benefit very preterm infants' neurodevelopment, suggests a study funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Researchers found that very preterm newb . . .