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Article: US ARS: Iron for premature infants -- is formula the best way?
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- M2 Presswire
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- June 2, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 1999-US ARS: Iron for premature infants -- is formula the best way? (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Extra iron is part of physicians' nutritional strategies for newborn premature infants. But they disagree on whether their tiny patients should get the iron along with their formula or between feedings. A new study at the Children's Nutrition Research Center in Houston, Texas, concludes iron-fortified formulas are a good option. While the researchers found that premature infants actually made 2 percent better use of iron given separately, this very small increase is not significant compared to the extra effort required ...