One Massachusetts nonprofit is helping hospitalized babies reap the benefits of consuming breast milk. And its services are in high demand. Mothers Milk Bank Northeast (MMBNE) screens and pasteurizes milk donated from women, and works with hospitals to ensure premature babies and other infants in need in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) have access to it. More and more hospitals throughout the East Coast are working with the group to establish partnerships that allow preemies and babies in need to obtain donated milk, Naomi Bar-Yam, the nonprofit's executive director, told The Huffington Post. According to Bar-Yam, there are numerous reasons why it may be more difficult for mothers of...
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