:: November 2009

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Breast-Feeding May Lower Breast Cancer Risk “Women who breast-feed their babies even for short periods of time may lower their risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer if they have a family history of the disease. "We saw a 59 percent lower risk of breast cancer among women with a family history who had ever breast-fed," stated Dr. Alison Stuebe, lead author of a study appearing in the Aug. 10/24 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. "It is surprising to see this really strong association with a pretty decreased risk." “

Management of breastfeeding for pre-term infants

NGC - Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. (2005)

NGC - Breastfeeding best practice guidelines for nurses. (2003)

NGC - Clinical guidelines for the establishment of exclusive breastfeeding. (2005)

NGC - Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Breastfeeding support: prenatal care through the first year. (2000)

NGC - Guideline on co-sleeping and breastfeeding. (2008)

NGC - Management of breastfeeding for healthy full-term infants. (2002)

Featured site

NIH - Breast Feeding

NIH - Breast Feeding

NIH - Breastfeeding

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia: Breast milk

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Breastfeeding

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Breastfeeding - resources

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Breastfeeding tips

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Overcoming breastfeeding problems

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia: Breast-feeding mothers - self-care

NIH - Perinatal Transmission (Aids)

NIH - Research on Breastfeeding

Pediatrics: Infant Nutrition

Contaminants

Pediatrics: Infant Nutrition

Breastfeeding and the introduction of solids in Australian infants: data from the 2001 National Health Survey. (Aust N Z J Public Health. 2005) RESULTS: At discharge from hospital, 83.3% of infants were breastfeeding, which is similar to estimates from the 1995 NHS. At 13 weeks postpartum, 64.3% were breastfeeding, 49.0% at 25 weeks and 24.9% were continuing to breastfeed at one year. At 25 weeks, 18.4% of infants were fully breastfed. Solid food was being offered regularly to 15.2% of infants at 13 weeks and 88.0% by 26 weeks. CONCLUSION: Fewer than 50% of infants are receiving breast milk at six months, which is considerably lower than the 80% figure recommended by the latest Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents. Very few Australian infants are being exclusively breastfed for the recommended six months."

Contaminants

Effects of breast feeding on neuropsychological development in a community with methylmercury exposure from seafood. (J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 2005) "Breastfeeding has been associated with an advantage to infant neurobehavioral development, possibly in part due to essential nutrients in breast milk. However, breast milk may be contaminated by environmental neurotoxicants, such as methylmercury. Ä in this cohort of children with a relatively high prenatal toxicant exposure and potential exposure to neurotoxicants through breast milk, breastfeeding was associated with less benefits on neurobehavioral development than previously published studies though not associated with a deficit in neuropsychological performance at age 7."