Her team found that breast-feeding's protective effect in lowering the chances of recurrence or death from breast cancer was strongest against the most commonly diagnosed breast cancers. The study builds on previous evidence about the link between breast-feeding and breast cancer, said Dr. Joanne ...
Breastfeeding also improves IQ, school readiness and attendance, and is associated with higher income in adult life. It also reduces the risk of breast cancer in the mother. Breastfeeding all babies for the first two years would save the lives of more than 820,000 children under age five an...
World Breastfeeding Week marked in Beijing---Hai Jing, a mother of two children, breastfeeds during a meeting on breastfeeding in Beijing, capital of China, July 9, 2016. This week is the World Breastfeeding Week, celebrated globally every year from Aug.
'We want to see breastfeeding recognised as a major public health issue from government level through to local children's centres, and appropriate investment and legislation put in place to give mothers a better experience of breastfeeding. The good news for commissioners is that our research show...
2014. The World Breastfeeding Week is the social movement aiming to raise awareness and eradicate malnutrition, metabolic diseases and infections that predominate in the world with the decline of breastfeeding in the first six months of infants and is celebrated in more than 120 countries from 1 ...
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(HealthDay)—Most new mothers in the United States start out breastfeeding, but many stop sooner than recommended, a new federal government report says.
CBS News medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips says the results were striking. "It turns out, compared to kids who were breastfed for less than a month, kids who are breastfed for a year or longer had almost 4 points higher in IQ" in adulthood, she told "CBS This Morning." The chil...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Breastfeeding for six months or longer appears to significantly cut the risk of a woman developing type 2 diabetes, a 30-year U.S. study said Tuesday. The Kaiser Permanente research, published in the U.S. journal JAMA Internal Medicine, analyzed data from...
The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was 15 per cent, and complementary foods were introduced early (median 30 days). Many mothers doubted the message that breastmilk alone is sufficient for 5 months. Messages to promote improved breastfeeding practices in Bangladesh need to be revised to ...