What is it about?
Breast milk vital for infant growth and development, however maternal environment is extremely vital in dictating the composition of milk. Previously, maternal stress has been linked to preterm birth and in this manuscript we discussed the impact of preterm birth on milk stress hormonal levels, particularly milk-borne cortisol and cortisone.
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Why is it important?
Human milk is an optimal source of nutrition for newborn, but is subject to several alteration related to both mother and infant environment. Thus it is important to study how preterm birth can influence milk composition.
Perspectives
Writing this article was great, as I co-authored with pioneer in HM research and journal editor helped me immensely to make this manuscript a fine piece of work
shikha pundir
University of Auckland
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This page is a summary of: Impact of Preterm Birth on Glucocorticoid Variability in Human Milk, Journal of Human Lactation, September 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0890334417729339.
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