News tagged with breast feeding
Infant sucking habits may affect how baby talks
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pacifier, baby bottle or finger sucking may hamper a child's speech development if the habit goes on too long.
Prolonged nevirapine in breast-fed babies prevents HIV infection but leads to drug-resistant HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Babies born to HIV-positive mothers and given the antiretroviral drug nevirapine through the first six weeks of life to prevent infection via breast-feeding are at high risk for developing drug-resistant HIV if they get infected ...
Social support during breast-feeding helps humans have more children
Feb 13, 2009 |
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The fact that human mothers have support from family while they're breast-feeding may be a key strategy that enables humans to reproduce more rapidly than other primates, new research suggests. Social support helps mothers ...
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Women who breastfeed for more than a year halve their risk of rheumatoid arthritis
May 13, 2008 |
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Women who breast feed for longer have a smaller chance of getting rheumatoid arthritis, suggests a study published online ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Breastfeeding now safer for infants of HIV-infected mothers
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 04, 2008 |
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An antiretroviral drug already in widespread use in the developing world to prevent the transmission of HIV from infected mothers to their newborns during childbirth has also been found to substantially cut the risk of subsequent ...
Transporter could help breast cancer cells commit suicide
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Researchers are trying to open a door for a killer that breast cancer cells shut out.
Early cessation of breastfeeding by HIV+ women in poor countries and child survival
Jul 24, 2008 |
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A new study by researchers from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health addresses one of the most challenging issues in infant health and preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in poor countries. In these ...
Breast-feeding linked to less bed-wetting
Jul 11, 2006 |
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A U.S. study concludes children who are breast-fed as infants have a lower rate of bed-wetting after the age of 5.
More girls than boys benefit from breastfeeding, research shows
Jun 02, 2008 |
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Challenging the long-standing belief that breast-feeding equally protects all babies against disease, research led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center investigators suggests that when it comes to respiratory infections, the ...
Researchers look for behavioral link between breastfeeding and lower risk of obesity
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Breastfeeding has a number of positive health benefits for baby: it can prevent ear infections and allergies, and lowers the risk of developing respiratory problems. It can also help prevent against obesity later in life, ...
Online protest of Facebook ban on breast-feeding photos draws tens of thousands
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Online, the virtual "nurse-in" to protest Facebook's ban on breast-feeding photos took off, with hundreds joining a group that crept toward 70,000 members Saturday evening.
New infant feeding and obesity research adds insight to ongoing issue
Jan 16, 2009 |
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The February edition of the Journal of Nutrition offers new insights into possible associations between infant feeding and health outcomes related to obesity. According to David Barker, M.D., Ph.D., professor of clinical epidem ...
3-D doppler ultrasound helps identify breast cancer
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Three-dimensional (3-D) power Doppler ultrasound helps radiologists distinguish between malignant and benign breast masses, according to a new study being published in the November issue of Radiology.
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