Breastfeeding may boost future social mobility
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NEW YORK  - People who were breastfed as infants climb the social-class ladder more readily as adults than those who were bottle-fed babies, UK researchers report.
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Breast milk is best for babies' health and well-being, but a new study finds it doesn't help prevent asthma or allergies
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NEW YORK  - Breastfeeding for even a few  months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a  new research review suggests.
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CHICAGO -- Breast-feeding helps prevent babies' allergies, but there's no good evidence for avoiding certain foods during pregnancy, using soy formula or delaying introduction of solid foods beyond six months. That's the word from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is updating earlier...
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Giving birth to a boy can increase the likelihood of severe postnatal depression, a study suggests.
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Babies who are breast-fed for their first four months of life have a reduced risk of asthma during their first four years, says a Swedish study in the October issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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NEW YORK  - Adolescent girls who rank themselves at the bottom of the social totem pole are more likely to gain weight over time than their peers with a more positive view of their social standing, new research shows.
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Giving babies nutritious food could significantly increase their earning power as adults, new research suggests.
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Breastfeed your baby if you want them to have a perfect smile, Italian research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - For new mothers trying to lose  those extra pounds, breastfeeding may not be the surefire  answer that many women consider it to be, according to two  Cincinnati researchers.
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Older women and migrant families boost births.
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NEW YORK  - Feeding very low birth-weight  infants with mother's milk rather than formula doesn't seem to  improve their neurological development, researchers have found.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant teens who get plenty   of calcium from dairy foods may be helping their babies build   stronger bones, a new study shows.
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Part of the answer to why children raised on breast milk tend to score higher on I.Q. tests may lie in a gene.
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New research suggests that social isolation alters the immune system at the genetic level, raising the risk of serious disease. Oh, and the definition of loneliness might surprise you.
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests. The analysis of 14 studies conducted since
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The way a girl grows during adolescence and even in the womb may play a key, if murky, role in her risk of breast cancer later in life, a study suggests.