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Research finds breastfeeding is being overtly discouraged by infan
Updated : 5 days, 20 hours ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Despite public health efforts to support breastfeeding and informed choice, during a news study, an analysis of websites for baby formula manufacturers found that their messages and images discourage breastfeeding while touting the benefits of the formula
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Study links breastfeeding to lower blood pressure in early childho
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): A new study found that babies who were breastfed, even for a few days, had lower blood pressure as toddlers and these differences in blood pressure may translate into improved heart and vascular health as adults.
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Breastfeeding linked to lower blood pressure in early childhood: S
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): According to a new research, babies who were breastfed, even for a few days, had lower blood pressure as toddlers and these differences in blood pressure may translate into improved heart and vascular health as adults.
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Researchers detect new clues to eliminate infant HIV infections
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): Each year over 150,000 infants worldwide are infected with HIV in the womb, at birth, or through breastfeeding. Why transmission occurs in some cases but not others has long been a mystery, but now a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and Duke University scie
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Research shows marijuana THC stays in breast milk for six weeks
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): Researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado 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 marijuana use during pregnancy an
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Research reveals new insight into why breastfed babies have improv
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Birmingham [UK], January 16 (ANI): Research led by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust has revealed new insight into the biological mechanisms of the long-term positive health effects of breastfeeding in preventing disorders of the immune s
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Antibiotics affect breast milk microbiota in mothers of preterm in
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Washington [US], September 6 (ANI): Mothers of preterm babies have highly individual breast milk microbiomes and that even short courses of antibiotics have prolonged effects on the diversity and abundance of microbes in their milk, suggest the findings of a recent study.
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Study suggests COVID-19 cannot be transmitted through breast milk
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
California [US], August 20 (ANI): Answering the critical question of whether COVID-19 can be transmitted through breast milk or not, a recent study suggests that breast milk cannot transmit the virus to the infant.
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Breastfeeding is safe after anaesthesia, say new guidelines
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Bristol [UK], Aug 2 (ANI): New guidelines published during the World Breast Feeding Week (1-7 August), suggests that breastfeeding is safe after the mother has had anaesthesia, as soon as she is alert and able to feed.
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World Breastfeeding Week: Many health benefits for lactating mothe
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): With many moments of hugs and giggles promised ahead, the little one has come with a wave so strong, making her the best of being a woman-- the mother she is becoming. Motherhood and entering the world of breastfeeding can be the most phenomenal phase in a
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New guidelines say breastfeeding is safe after anaesthesia
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Bristol [UK], August 1 (ANI): Breastfeeding is safe after the mother has had anaesthesia, as soon as she is alert and able to feed, suggest new guidelines published by the Association of Anaesthetists.
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Newborn undergoing treatment in Delhi hospital gets mother's milk
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): For the past two weeks, a consignment of breastmilk has been arriving daily from Leh at the IGI Airport here for a newborn undergoing treatment at a city-based capital.
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