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Apr. 13, 2022 —A 19th century rural Dutch village had unusually low rates of breastfeeding, likely because mothers were busy working, according to a new ...
Sep. 29, 2022 —New research shows that poor metabolic health parameters are linked to low breast milk ...
Oct. 7, 2022 —The COVID-19 pandemic has had many health impacts on families. While exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for ...
Jan. 18, 2023 —The earlier infants begin to taste small samples of solid food, the earlier they eat more food and stop breastfeeding. This is shown in a new study, in which the mothers of 1,251 infants from all ...
May 24, 2022 —The desire for a son could mean Nepali mothers stop breastfeeding infant daughters sooner, says new research. Girls in Nepal are breastfed for fewer months than boys on average, with girls with older ...
Dec. 16, 2020 —The mother's diet while breastfeeding can shape the profile of human milk oligosaccharides (HMO), a type of complex carbohydrate in the mother's milk. Changing the HMOs, which are food and ...
July 16, 2021 —Messenger RNA vaccines against COVID-19 were not detected in human milk, according to a small study, providing early evidence that the vaccine mRNA is not transferred to the ...
Feb. 22, 2022 —Leading health care organizations recommend exclusive breastfeeding for six months after birth, yet some mothers report stopping due to a perceived lack of milk supply. Researchers found in a recent ...
Mar. 8, 2021 —Researchers have found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component of marijuana, stays in breast milk for up to six weeks, further supporting the recommendations to abstain from ...
June 16, 2023 —Fathers can make a huge difference in whether an infant is breastfed and placed to sleep safely, according to a recent survey of new ...