A new study by the University of Virginia School of Medicine reports that breastfeeding may help prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Researchers analyzed 18 studies and concluded that infants who were breastfed were less likely to succumb to sudden infant death syndrome and the avoidance of SIDS related death appears to be greater when mothers breastfeed [...] [...]
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          | Jessica Hamzelou,reporter Breastfed babies are 30 per cent less likely to develop behavioural problems,according to the latest evidence that breast really is best. To assess the effects of breastfeeding on behaviour,Maria Quigley at the University of Oxford and her colleagues collected data from more than 10,000 mothers in the UK. When their infants were around [...] [...] Ten-year-old children who were predominantly breastfed for six months or longer as infants had higher academic scores on standardized tests than children breastfed for less than six months,according to a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics recently published in Pediatrics. This was especially true for boys,according to the study. Studies on the long-term effects [...] [...] Every week,it seems,researchers keep adding more pieces to the puzzle in an effort to explain the rise in childhood obesity. Last Friday,they blamed working moms and last month,erratic sleep patterns. Well today,a study from Children’s Hospital Boston suggests that formula-fed babies who get solid food before four months have six times [...] [...] Breastfeeding is often advocated as a way to help prevent allergies in babies at high risk,but a new study finds that infants breastfed for longer periods may actually be more likely to develop the allergic skin condition eczema…[...] |                | |
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