The Right Kind of Oil: Simple Discovery May Revolutionize IV Feeding.

Byline: Children's Hospital Boston

BOSTON, July 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children who cannot eat on their own because of intestinal failure must rely on parenteral nutrition (PN), an intravenous method of feeding. Unfortunately, long-term PN can cause life-threatening liver disease, especially in infants, for reasons that have been unknown. Many infants who develop this complication die within a year of diagnosis, unless they can be weaned off PN or receive a liver/small intestine transplant. In the July issue of Pediatrics, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston report saving two babies' lives - with one able to come off a liver-transplant list - simply by changing…