Researchers may have discovered yet another benefit of breastfeeding for children. The association between breastfeeding and bed-wetting was investigated because both have a relationship to developmental progress in children. Breastfeeding has been...
Breastfed infants are receiving up to 17 times the tolerable amount of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), according to the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products ...
New mothers who turn to doctors for advice on breastfeeding may be in for a bitter disappointment. A survey among more than 3,000 specialist doctors and physicians including pediatricians, gynecol ...
It's Breastfeeding Awareness Week in Britain, as if we should need reminding that breast is best for baby. The statistics suggest we do. At birth, 69 per cent of babies born in the UK are being breastfed, but this drops to just 55 per cent after one...
Breastfeeding could provide protection against non insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM), researchers believe. Babies who are breastfed exclusively for the first two months of life have a far lower r ...
Feeding your baby solids too early causes respiratory and skin problems, according to research from Dundee in Scotland. ...
Kangaroo-mother care (KMC), the natural method of care for newborn babies, is proving to have better results than traditional after-birth procedures.
HIV positive women are often told not to breastfeed in order to prevent transmission of the virus to their child. However, a new study suggests that this advice is overly cautious. ...
I'm about to mount my favourite hobby horse again. The other day I was shocked to read an article in the American magazine Mothering about what mothers should do if they are accused of child abu ...
Hearing loss can often be prevented and alleviated through simple dietary and environmental changes. ... ...
Randall Neustaedter OMD
What Doctors Don't Tell You