🔵 NEO CONFERENCE - Is fresh milk the key to improving long term neonatal outcomes
The Incubator Channel · 3 Mar 2026 · 11 min
Summary
A live podcast conversation recorded at the Neo conference in which Dr Ariel Salas challenges the 'culture of fear' around NEC that may delay early enteral feeding and undermine its benefits for sepsis reduction. It discusses fresh breast milk, the emotional weight of wasted milk, the limits of strict feeding protocols and a family-centred, evidence-based approach to neonatal nutrition.
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