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$The new trend sees mothers who have cesarean births \seeding\ their babies via cotton swabs with their vaginal microbes. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

'Vaginal seeding' birthing trends are risky for newborns

The new trend sees mothers who have cesarean births

29 Oct 2017 3:30 AM GMT

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

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

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

1 Oct 2017 1:51 PM GMT

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

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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 5:33 AM GMT

A file photo of a woman breastfeeding. (Photo: AFP)

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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...

14 Nov 2017 11:55 AM GMT

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A killer disease

Paediatric pneumonia can claim young lives.

12 Nov 2017 7:03 PM GMT

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

Find out what researchers have learned.

1 Nov 2017 7:16 AM GMT

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Study reveals breastfeeding could reduce risk of asthma attack

Here's why.

5 Sep 2017 8:55 AM GMT

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Breastfeeding makes kid more likely to eat vegetables

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

3 Sep 2017 6:14 AM GMT

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Breastfeeding could lower risk of maternal hypertension

Breastfeeding provides major health benefits not only to the infant, but also to the nursing mother.

24 Oct 2018 8:16 AM GMT

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Breast milk found to reduce antibiotic-resistant bacteria in babies

Bacteria resistant to antibiotics are among the greatest global threats to human health.

19 Oct 2018 4:06 AM GMT

$Blood pressure is often known as the \silent killer\ because it is hard to detect. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

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...

31 Jan 2018 7:41 AM GMT

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

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Breastfeeding cuts mother's hypertension risk

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

30 Jan 2018 10:03 AM GMT