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Even doctors struggle to continue breastfeeding

About 42 percent of female physicians who are mothers breastfeed for at least a year.

20 Mar 2018 2:05 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Why breastfeeding moms should avoid overeating

Mother's diet linked to childhood obesity which can cause advanced puberty and metabolic disorders in adulthood.

19 Mar 2018 9:17 AM

Breastfeeding can ward off childhood obesity

Here is what a new study has found.

19 Mar 2018 8:38 AM

Probiotic use during pregnancy and lactation was associated with a 22 percent lower risk of young children developing eczema. (Photo: Pixabay)

Probiotics during pregnancy tied to lower eczema risk for kids

There was already some evidence that probiotic exposure in early life may reduce risk of eczema in an infant.

17 Mar 2018 9:55 AM

PETA India notes that supporting breast-feeding mothers can also help prevent animal mothers and their babies from suffering in the dairy industry. (Photo: PETA)

PETA awards Grihalakshmi for highlighting importance of human breast milk

On International Women's Day, PETA India Award Commends Magazine for Celebrating Breast-Feeding.

08 Mar 2018 2:40 PM

Transgender woman becomes world's first to breastfeed a baby

Experts say this is a huge breakthrough in medicine for transgender people.

14 Feb 2018 11:24 AM

The more babies women have, and the longer they breastfeed, the greater the protection, say scientists. (Photo: Pixabay)

Breastfeeding reduces women’s risk of developing high blood pressure

Study of more than 3,000 women found those who nursed infants were up to 51 per cent less likely to become hypertensive as they got older.

31 Jan 2018 1:11 PM

Women breastfeeding more children and for longer duration was linked to lower risk of hypertension in postmenopausal women. (Photo: Pixabay)

Breastfeeding cuts mother's hypertension risk

Oxytocin release stimulated by breastfeeding may be associated with the decreased risk of these diseases.

30 Jan 2018 3:33 PM

(From left to right) Prachi Dedhia, Yaman Banerji, Rashmee Bhatia Gajra, Aloka Gambhir, Sharmila D’Souza, Koshali Dalvi

A library for babywear

As more and more parents started to reach out, their doubts about what effect the slings will have on the child are addressed by the group.

23 Jan 2018 12:19 AM

Previous research has shown that breastfeeding has other long-term benefits for mothers like a lower a risk of breast, ovarian cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Breastfeeding for 6 mos cuts diabetes risk in half: study

Researchers suggested that breastfeeding may unleash protective effects via hormones that act in the pancreas.

17 Jan 2018 7:00 PM

Breastfeeding for 6 months cuts diabetes risk in half: study

Here is what a new study has found.

17 Jan 2018 9:34 AM

Previous studies show early exposure to complex foreign proteins, such as cow's milk proteins, increases the risk of type 1 diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Can cow's milk prevent type 1 diabetes?

There is no evidence to revise the current dietary recommendations for infants at high risk for type 1 diabetes.

03 Jan 2018 10:56 AM

Most children do not develop food allergies, regardless of how they are fed, while some children develop allergies despite an optimal diet. (Photo: Pixabay)

How breastmilk protects babies from food allergy decoded

Newborns gained an insignificant degree of protection from mothers who were exposed to egg during pregnancy.

22 Nov 2017 11:03 AM

Studies have suggested breastfeeding prevents a whole host of health problems and diseases, including diarrhoea and vomiting bugs, sudden infant death syndrome, childhood leukaemia, type 2 diabetes, obesity and even heart disease in adulthood. (Photo: AFP)

Breastfeeding could prevent risk of eczema in children

Eczema causes the skin to become itchy, dry, cracked, sore and red and affects around one in five children and one in ten adults.

14 Nov 2017 5:25 PM

Early breastfeeding practices are not followed, which is also one of the major reasons for lower immunity in children.

A killer disease

Paediatric pneumonia can claim young lives.

13 Nov 2017 12:33 AM

Breast milk can reduce risk of cot death, new study reveals

Find out what researchers have learned.

01 Nov 2017 12:46 PM

'Vaginal seeding' birthing trends are risky for newborns

The new trend sees mothers who have cesarean births

29 Oct 2017 9:00 AM

She said she could understand the mother's anxiety as she was a new mother herself (Photo: AFP)

Chinese policewoman wins hearts after breastfeeding suspect's baby in court

As the child went on crying the officer asked the mother's permission and fed the baby in a silent corner.

01 Oct 2017 7:21 PM

Study reveals breastfeeding could reduce risk of asthma attack

Here's why.

05 Sep 2017 2:25 PM

Breastfeeding makes kid more likely to eat vegetables

If babies have been breastfed, this can be less of a shock to the tastebuds.

03 Sep 2017 11:44 AM

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