A new study finds maternal breast milk improves cardiac performance in preterm infants

Toni Harman
4 min readJan 18, 2022

Quick Summary: A recent study finds if a preemie baby is fed exclusively with their mother’s own breast milk during the first few weeks…

➡️ This improves cardiovascular health and early cardiovascular development at age one year — approaching levels comparable to those of full-term infants.

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Toni Harman

I help parents and health professionals better understand the science of pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and the microbiome. https://linktr.ee/toniharman