Study finds HIV breastfeeding risk highest in early months after birth
...iming of, and risk factors for, HIVinfection among breastfed infants of HIV-infected mothers. The researcherstested infants for HIV infection during visits to the postnatal care clinic of alarge urban hospital in Malawi. Only babies who tested negative for HIV attheir first visit, six weeks after birth, were...Breast cancer risk reduced by 50 percent by breastfeeding for two or more years
...ed by other factors such as the number of children breastfed and the age at first breastfeeding. In 1997-19...uction in breast cancer risk among those women who breastfed for more than 24 months per child, compared to women who breastfed their children for less than 12 m...Undersize infants score higher on IQ tests if breast fed exclusively
... points higher on IQ tests if they are exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life compared to those...oints higher on IQ tests at five years of age when breastfed exclusively for the first six months than did infants who either stopped breastfeeding before six mo...Study finds full breastfeeding for six months boosts baby's resistance to respiratory illnesses
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- Babies who are fully breastfed for six months are less likely to suffer from respiratory illnesses than babies fully breastfed for only four months, according to research conducted by investigators at UC Davis Childrens Hospita...Breastfeeding associated with lower risk of childhood obesity
...er in this weeks issue of THE LANCET conclude that breastfed infants could have a 30% reduced risk of childhood...hildren at that age. Obesity was less common among breastfed children, and the association persisted after adjustment for socioeconomic status, birthweight, and ...Reduced breastfeeding in western countries makes major contribution to incidence of breast cancer
... continued to have the same number of children but breastfed each child for six months longer. Childbearing is... common in situations where women had few children breastfed for short periods. We have shown that these factors alone account for the high rates of breast cance...Essential fatty acids in mothers diet affect infants sleep patterns
...p were related to more mature CNS development, and breastfed infants--who receive DHA in their mother's milk-- also had more mature neurological development than did formula-fed infants. DHA is most commonly found in cold-water fish, in fish oils, and in supplements. Mothers in the low-DHA group in the study...Breastfeeding does not protect against asthma and allergic diseases
...studied had been breastfed. More children who were breastfed were allergic between the ages of 13 to 21 years t...st mites, and grass pollen. More children who were breastfed were asthmatic between the ages of 9 to 26 years. Breastfeeding effects were not affected by parenta...Nevirapine sustains advantage over AZT during breastfeeding period
...Approximately 99 percent of the study participants breastfed their children. After 18 months, most of the women had completed breastfeeding, with the average duration lasting 9 months. "Our study was driven by the need to find an inexpensive, safe and effective method of preventing HIV transmission in countrie...Further evidence for effectiveness of nevirapine in reducing mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission
...other half received zidovudine. 99% of babies were breastfed for an average of nine months. Infants were around 40% less likely to have had maternal HIV-1 infection up to 18 months of age if mothers and infants had been given nevirapine around the time of childbirth compared with those given zidovudine. Brook...Breastfed infants show little effect when moms take anti-depressant
New Haven, Conn. -- Most breastfed infants nurse without showing meaningful effects f...ession. The researchers based their findings on 11 breastfed infants before and after their mothers took Prozac for eight weeks. The infants were four weeks to 1...Emory and CDC scientists explore why most breastfed infants of HIV-positive mothers resist infection
...infant HIV-1 infections worldwide, the majority of breastfed infants with HIV-positive mothers remain uninfecte...ntific literature to pinpoint the reasons why many breastfed infants resist HIV, with the goal of devising future intervention strategies to prevent newborn infe...Study suggests breastfeeding reduces cardiovascular risk later in life
...sed prospectively whether preterm infants who were breastfed were less likely to have markers for atherosclerosis than preterm infants given formula milk. The investigators followed up 216 teenagers (aged 13-16 years) who had been randomised to different milks in two trials for infant nutrition (breastmilk v...New analysis links breastfeeding to reduced risk of childhood leukemia
Berkeley -- 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. The paper, to be published November in the journal Public Health Reports, found that breastfeedi...