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DHA Hailed as Breakthrough Treatment for Lowering Risk of Developmental Disorders in Premature Infants; Animi-3(R) Prescribed to Women Who Are Not Eating Fish.
Findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) have demonstrated high doses of DHA-dominant omega-3 fatty acids administered to premature infants via their mother's breast milk can reduce the risk of developmental disorders (see also Women's Health).
In a six-year study involving 657 premature infants, researchers found the lipid DHA is not developed sufficiently in premature infants, leading to possible impaired mental development. To offset this omega-3 deficiency, 1000mg DHA supplements were given to lactating mothers with pre-term infants; some infants were fed supplemental infant formula with matching DHA levels.
Approximately 50 percent fewer infants on high-DHA diets experienced delayed mental development compared to infants on low-DHA diets. Infants weighing one-third the weight of a full-term baby who were fed high-DHA diets scored better on mental development tests, with a 40 percent reduction in the incidence of mild mental delay.
"My studies have shown that pregnant and lactating women are not eating fish, which is why a pharmaceutical-grade omega-3 supplement is so important to their daily diets," said Dr. Barbara Levine, Weill Cornell Medical College. "Since women are concerned about contaminants in fish and have difficulty stomaching fish during pregnancy, many ...
- DHA reduces disorders in premature infants.
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...disease. There also are over 480,000 premature infants born every year in the United States...following hospitalization for many premature infants and young children, including negative...hospitalized/critically ill children and premature infants also are at high risk for the ...
- Premature infants may continue to require surfactant to ease breathing.
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...often fails to function properly in premature infants who continue to have lung disease...and eases the work of breathing. Premature infants have underdeveloped respiratory systems...of fluid from the windpipes of 68 premature infants who had breathing tubes between one...
