New study doubts breastfeeding benefit for eczema
Breastfeeding is often advocated as a way to help prevent allergies in babies at high risk, but a new study finds that infants breastfed for longer periods may actually be more likely to develop the...
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In a study of more than 17,000 women, researchers found that although certain common gene variants raise the risk of developing breast cancer, they add to, but do not multiply, the risks posed by...
View ArticleVote for Breastfeeding in Pepsi Refresh contest
Vote for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center InfantRisk Center in the Pepsi Refresh Project contest and benefit mothers and babies by showing your support for a HSC project that will impact the...
View ArticleHeading Home: Creating safe sleep environments for your baby
By LAURA A. JANA MD, FAAP, AND JENNIFER SHU, MD, FAAP HealthyChildren.org The following is an excerpt from “Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality” (Second Edition): Sudden infant death...
View ArticleCan Breastfeeding Transmit Yellow Fever?
A five-week old infant most likely contracted a vaccine strain of yellow fever virus through breastfeeding, according to a case report published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). “Until...
View ArticleStudy doubts breastfeeding benefit for eczema
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Breastfeeding is often advocated as a way to help prevent allergies in babies at high risk, but a new study finds that infants breastfed for longer periods may actually be...
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