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New study suggests that breastfeeding may help prevent cognitive decline
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): A new study led by researchers at UCLA Health has found that women over the age of 50 who had breastfed their babies performed better on cognitive tests compared to women who had never breastfed.
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Study suggests breastfeeding status, duration significantly impacts postpa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and collaborators, examined current breastfeeding status in association with postpartum depression risk using a large national population-based dataset
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Breastfeeding status, duration impact postpartum depression risk
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): Researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and collaborators have examined current breastfeeding status in association with postpartum depression risk using a large, national population-based dataset of 29,685 women l
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Research finds breastfeeding is being overtly discouraged by infant formul
Updated : 4 years, 6 months 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 childhood
Updated : 4 years, 7 months 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: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 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 years, 10 months 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 : 4 years, 12 months 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 improved immun
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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 infants
Updated : 5 years, 6 months 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 : 5 years, 6 months 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 : 5 years, 7 months 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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