An investigation revealed that I was suffering from necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), but my care team, despite my parents’ pleas, wouldn’t elaborate. It was 1997 and Google was only a dream. The ...

The Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing NEC research, education, and advocacy. Our organization is led by patient-families and ...

Davis, CA - The Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society is thrilled to release the Neonatal Probiotics Toolkit. The Toolkit provides structure to clinicians in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) as ...

Maybe probiotics would have saved my son’s life. I’ll never know because when I asked Micah’s care team to consider probiotics to counter the deluge of antibiotics, I was dismissed as senseless. My ...

A University of Arizona College of Nursing-led research team will use a $1.9 million Department of Health and Human Services grant to lead a nationwide effort to keep babies safe from the deadly ...

Incorporating probiotics into the standard of care for preterm infants of less than 32 weeks' gestation may help significantly reduce the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), according to an ...

Standard intact protein formulas (SPFs) significantly increased the risk for gastrointestinal complications in premature infants compared to extensively hydrolyzed formulas (eHFs), according to new ...