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...
Q My 17-month-old has what my dentist calls ‘baby-bottle mouth’. She has lost most of the enamel from one tooth and has cavities in three others. The dentist says it’s due to nighttime feeding (she is breastfed).
Evidence continues to mount that breast milk is the best milk for babies. ...
With this issue I'm launching a small column of my own on these pages, just so as to be able to have a personal word with you every month. (This, by the way, is an old photo. I promise a more up ...
The role of breastfeeding in the transmission of HIV from mother to infant has been exaggerated, according to the latest evidence. ...
Wearing bras can cause breast cancer, two medical anthropologists have concluded. ...
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 ...