Parental Leave: What Do Physician Societies Provide for Their Employees?

Introduction: Parental leave yields significant health benefits for parents and children. While many medical associations endorse parental leave, it is unknown what parental leave they provide for their employees.

Objective: To assess parental leave policies of national physician societies for their employees including paid versus unpaid and parity between birth mothers and non-birthing parents.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment for the treatment of hospitalized premature infants with nipple feeding dysfunction.

Premature newborns and infants are usually required to successfully transition from gavage to nipple feeding using breast or bottle before discharge from the hospital. This transition is frequently the last discharge skill attained. Delayed acquisition of this skill may substantially prolong hospital length of stay.