Cassie Howard (IMAGE)

University of Iowa

Cassie Howard

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Cassie Howard of Cedar Falls, Iowa, spends time with her son Kason in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at UI Children's Hospital. A University of Iowa study found that mothers of prematurely born babies benefit mentally and emotionally from one-on-one sessions with a NICU nurse.

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Susan McClellan, University of Iowa

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