Parents with babies born preterm or with low birth weight face significant economic and employment challenges, according to new research published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Tag: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Cedars-Sinai Holds 2nd Annual Mothers Milk Drive
Cedars-Sinai is partnering with University of California Health Milk Bank to host a breast milk donation drive on Aug. 4. The drive will help ensure the availability of breast milk for premature babies whose mothers may not yet be producing milk or who may not be able to pump enough milk.
Cedars-Sinai’s Smallest Babies Celebrate Halloween
It was another boo-tiful Halloween celebration at the Cedars-Sinai Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on Thursday. Hand-sewn costumes had been specially made for the smallest babies by Cedars-Sinai volunteers and were laid out in the NICU for parents to select.
Working to Improve the Patient Experience
When Kathryn Garcia Castro’s twins were born in 2015, they were 14 weeks early. One weighed 2 pounds; the other just 1 pound. The twins were in the Cedars-Sinai Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for three months, and Garcia Castro spent every day with them.