http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Breast milk antibody both neutralizes human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and kills HIV-infected cells, according to a paper in the September 2011 issue of the Journal of Virology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-breast-antibody-hiv-boost.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:41:49 EST news235647507 Doctors have been prescribing codeine for postpartum pain management for many years, and, until recently, it was considered safe to breastfeed while taking the opioid. But the death of an infant exposed to codeine through breast milk has many health care providers questioning the safety of the drug when used by breastfeeding mothers. Because of the potential risks, some doctors have begun the practice of prescribing oxycodone as an alternative to codeine; however, a new study soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics finds that oxycodone is no safer for breastfed infants than codeine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-mother-postpartum-oxycodone-safer-breastfed.html Health Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:13:01 EST news234529962 A newborn baby's weight loss is often used to determine how well a baby is breastfeeding, and concern about a baby which loses too much weight may result in supplementing breastfeeding with formula. However, many women receive IV fluids during labor, and new research published in BMC's open access journal International Breastfeeding Journal shows that some of a newborn's initial weight loss may be due to the infant regulating its hydration and not related to a lack of breast milk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-maternal-iv-fluids-linked-newborns.html Health Mon, 15 Aug 2011 04:14:08 EST news232600439 An Emory University study published online today in Pediatrics suggests consuming Omega 3 fatty acids during pregnancy helps protects babies against illness during early infancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-benefits-dha-pregnancy.html Health Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:10:04 EST news231413554 A new study published in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation shows just why it is that people tend to turn to fatty foods in order to boost their emotional state and reduce feelings of sadness. Be it chocolate chip cookies, French fries and a chocolate shake or whatever your favorite fatty food may be, researchers say these fatty foods create a biological change in your body to reduce the feelings of sadness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-fatty-foods-mood.html Medical research Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:51:35 EST news230986268 Feeding a baby on only breast milk and for up to 6 months after birth can reduce their risk of developing asthma-related symptoms in early childhood, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-breastfeeding-asthma.html Health Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:42:37 EST news230524937 Expressing breast milk by hand in the first days after birth is better for boosting breastfeeding rates among poorly feeding newborns than the use of a breast pump, indicates a small study published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-manual-breast-poor-feeders.html Health Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:52:37 EST news230262620 Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have brought attention to the potential health impacts for Korean and Korean-American women and their infants from consuming brown seaweed soup. Seaweed is a known source of dietary iodine, particularly in Korea; however, there is no scientific data on the iodine content in Korean seaweed soup. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-urge-awareness-dietary-iodine-intake.html Health Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:43:10 EST news229700554 (Medical Xpress) -- The widespread use of electric breast pumps by American women is fueling a "quiet revolution" in how infants receive their mothers' milk, argues Cornell nutritionist Kathleen Rasmussen in a commentary published online June 16 in the American Journal of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-urges-effects-breast.html Health Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:55:16 EST news229236898 (Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Pediatrics, lead researcher Dr. Fern Hauck from the University School of Medicine analyzed previous sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, studies and agrees that breastfeeding greatly reduces the risk of SIDS death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-sids-linked-breastfeeding.html Health Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:00:01 EST news227246827 Nutrition during the first days or weeks of life may have long-term consequences on health, potentially via a phenomenon known as the metabolic programming effect, according to a study to be presented Monday, May 2, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-early-nutrition-long-term-metabolic-impact.html Health Mon, 02 May 2011 04:35:29 EST news223529713 Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are chemicals that have been widely used as flame retardants and are now classified as persistent organic pollutants. Health concerns in humans have arisen based primarily on studies with laboratory animals exposed to high levels of PBDEs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-doses-penta-brominated-diphenyl-ether-flame.html Other Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:18:14 EST news221905079