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. ... ...
At least one doctor is less than enthusiastic about the fountain of youth hormone drug test being tested on patients over 60. Newcastle upon Tyne consultant endocrinologist Fredrick Clark is criti ...
The benefits of mother's milk for premature infants have been confirmed by yet another study. ...
Middle ear ache (otitis media) is one of medicine's most common and overtreated conditions. But the medical literature shows that, except when symptoms such as pain, discharge and the like are s ...
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