With plausible relationships between the intestinal microbiome and disease risk, scientists continue to explore factors that affect diversity and flux of the intestinal flora in neonates and infants.

Carnitine intake in the first postnatal weeks promotes better growth and larger brain size at term equivalent age in very preterm infants. Carnitine intake from breast milk in particular seems to be ...

A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows that carnitine intake in the first postnatal weeks promotes better growth and larger brain size at term ...