Tag: breastfeeding
Mothers with hepatitis B can breastfeed newborns as along as --
By David Liu, PHD
Monday Jan 1, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new study suggests that mothers with hepatitis B can breastfeed their newborn babies without having ...
Breastfeeding prevents asthma-related symptoms
By David Liu, PH.D.
Sunday July 24, 2011 (foodconsumer.org) -- Exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months of life reduces the odds for children to experience ...
Breastfeeding may help prevent SIDS
by Aimee Keenan-GreeneBreastfeeding helps protect against sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and the effect is stronger when breastfeeding is exclusive.That is the conclusion of a new study in ...
Breastfed children have stronger cardiovascular system?
A new study in the current issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests breastfeeding and formula-feeding have different impacts on the cardiovascular system ...
Breastfed babies not bothered by pacifiers
by Aimee Keenan-Greene
Doctors and parents have long expressed concerns with pacifiers and breastfeeding. Does using a pacifier undermine milk production by reducing the infant’s time ...
Surgeon General's "Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding"
Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin today issued a "Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding," outlining steps that all sectors of a community can take to ...
Breastfeeding Report Card—United States, 2010
Background
Improving the health of mothers and their children is a primary goal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Protecting, promoting, and supporting ...
Breastfeeding may protect women who survive childhood cancer
Treatment for childhood cancer can cause a series of health problems in survivors. A new study in Journal of Cancer Survivorship suggests however breastfeeding may ...
When do breastfeeding moms introduce solid foods?
Mary Fewtrell and colleagues at the University College London published an article recently in British Medical Journal suggesting the universal 6-month exclusive breastfeeding recommendation may ...
Pink News: Reproductive factors linked to breast cancer
A new Iranian study found women who have not given birth or given birth at an older age or undergone an abortion were at much ...
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