Breast Milk Doesn't Help Very Small Newborns
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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  - 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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Freezing or refrigerating breast milk for over 48 hours can lower some  beneficial properties, research shows.
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KIBAHA, Tanzania  - Oblivious to the crying of  other babies around her, 19-month-old Nasla Juma bounced  happily on her mother's lap, pausing momentarily to stare at a  nurse's blue cap.
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Mothers who breast-feed are less likely to restrict their child&#39;s food intake as the youngster grows up, new research finds. One possible explanation: Breast-feeding mothers
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Experts say young sheep having small lambs may explain why young mothers have underweight babies.
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Parents should not give sniffling babies and toddlers over-the-counter cough and cold medicines  -  they're too risky for tots so small
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NEW YORK  - Women who breastfeed are less  likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than women who don't,  according to a new report.
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If you are a nursing mother, think twice before freezing or refrigerating your expressed breast milk as you could be undermining its crucial antioxidant content.
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A new world record has been set by Rumaisa Rahman: She is the tiniest baby in the world -- 8.6 ounces (260 grams) at birth. Doctors who are caring for the little girl and her comparatively robust twin sister
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Well over 1,000 very small babies in California died from 1991 to 2000 probably because they were born in hospitals lacking expertise with the tiniest premature infants, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Babies born by Caesarean section may be at greater risk of food allergies during their first 12 months, research suggests.
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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.
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In an attempt to raise the nation's historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast-feed. It featured striking photos of i...
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Babies who are breastfed have a lower risk of developing childhood leukemia, according to a new analysis of 14 studies by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
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NEW YORK  - Giving infants a small dose of a sugar solution just before they get injections seems to make the pain more tolerable, a study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Overweight and obese women are   less likely than normal-weight women to keep breastfeeding   their infants for six months or longer, a study from Australia   shows.