Letters from the May 14, 2005, issue of Science News

It’s kids’ stuff

Regarding the therapeutic effects of sunflower-seed oil on infants (“Anoint Them with Oil: Cheap-and-easy treatment cuts infection rates in premature infants,” SN: 3/12/05, p. 165), has any research been done as to the health benefits of the oil in any other age group?

Yael Levy
New York, N.Y.