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Skin-to-Skin Care Boosts Preemie Brain Growth!

  • August 09, 2024

A Stanford Medicine study shows that skin-to-skin cuddling, also known as kangaroo care, greatly helps the brain development of premature babies. The research found that premature babies who had more skin-to-skin contact with their parents had fewer developmental delays by age one. Even small increases in this contact led to noticeable improvements in their brain development. The study looked at records from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and found that just 20 extra minutes of...