HSC unveils new breastfeeding app Texas Tech Health Sciences Center officials unveiled a new smartphone application called the InfantRisk Center Mobile Application Wednesday afternoon. Priced at $29.99,the app provides physicians and other health care workers with up-to-date information about medications and their safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The app is based on a book by InfantRisk Center [...] [...]
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          | 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 [...] [...] Three scientists who controversially cast doubt on the safety of exclusively breastfeeding babies until six months old have links to infant formula and baby food companies,breastfeeding advocates say. In a paper in the British Medical Journal,paediatrician Dr Mary Fewtrell and colleagues said exclusive breastfeeding to six months was associated with a higher risk of [...] [...] What mothers should do during breastfeeding It is essential that mothers of children who have the potential to develop food allergies should breastfeed their infants exclusively for at least 4 months (6 months if possible),while eating a wide range of different foods. This protocol has been found to delay or even prevent the occurrence of [...] [...] Again? Yesterday Abbott Labs announced a Similac recall for millions of containers of their powdered infant formula. The company took the voluntary action due to the possibility of the formula containing “a small beetle or larvae,which could cause stomach ache and digestion problems”. And the FDA claims there are no “immediate health risks”[...] [...] |                | |
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