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A study for the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases revealed new ideas about the ability of breastfeeding to prevent rheumatoid arthritis. BBC News reports:
They found women who had breastfed for 13 months or more were half as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis as those who had never breastfed. Those who breastfed for between one and […]
Researchers just released results from a study of 14,000 children over the course of six-and-a-half years (the abstract claims it’s the largest randomized trial ever conducted in human lactation!) The study attempted to determine whether any associated link between breastfeeding and IQ is due to breastfeeding alone, or the differences between mothers who choose to […]
Study results just released yesterday indicate that the breastfeeding rate in the United States has risen to three out of every four mother-baby pairs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reported the breastfeeding initiation rate at 77% for babies born in 2005-2006. Key points of the […]
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