http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Breastfeeding is associated with improved lung function at school age, particularly in children of asthmatic mothers, according to a new study from researchers in Switzerland and the UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-breastfeeding-lung-function-school-age.html Health Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:22:54 EST news247465355 (Medical Xpress) -- New evidence from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, in Cambridge, suggests that breastfed babies may be more irritable than their bottle-fed counterparts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-breastfeeding-linked-infant-temperament.html Health Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:30:05 EST news245495046 A PhD project from LIFE – the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen has shown that breastfed children follow a different growth pattern than non-breastfed children. Breastfeeding lowers the levels of the growth hormones IGF-I and insulin in the blood, which means that growth is slightly slower. This is believed to reduce the risk of overweight and diabetes later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-breastfeeding-healthy-growth.html Health Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:05:42 EST news243612070 (AP) -- New mothers in Rhode Island will no longer leave the hospital with a free goody bag of infant formula. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-free-infant-formula-ri-hospitals.html Health Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:02:20 EST news241754530 (Medical Xpress) -- While the benefits of breastfeeding for the baby are well established and some studies have shown that mothers who breastfeed have lower risks of diabetes, high cholesterol and heart disease, a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology shows that breastfeeding may also have another benefit for the mother. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-breastfeeding-benefits-mothers-blood-pressure.html Health Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:00:01 EST news239462145 Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioral instability in preterm infants and long-term changes in their pain sensitivity, stress arousal systems, and developing brains. In a study published in the November issue of PAIN, researchers report that breastfeeding during minor procedures mitigated pain in preterm neonates with mature breastfeeding behaviors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-breastfeeding-pain-preterm-infants.html Health Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:29:17 EST news238213734 The low rate of breastfeeding among low-income, inner-city African-American mothers is a health disparity now receiving national attention. Two new studies from University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital highlight some obstacles to increasing the breastfeeding rate in this population and identify methods to address this disparity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-low-income-dads-breastfeeding.html Health Mon, 17 Oct 2011 04:19:01 EST news238043935 While breastfed babies initially awaken more during the night for feedings, their sleep patterns -- falling asleep, staying asleep and total sleep time -- stabilize in later infancy and become comparable to non-breastfed babies, according to an abstract presented Monday, Oct. 17, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-disruption-breastfed-babies-temporary.html Health Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:17:32 EST news238040242 New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Experts believe that its development is associated with socio-demographic factors such as the advice of healthcare professionals, longer maternity leave, a woman's integration into the workplace and her level of education. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-woman-higher-social-breastfeed-longer.html Health Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:23:44 EST news236593410 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 (Medical Xpress) -- Women who breast-feed are far more likely to demonstrate a "mama bear" effect — aggressively protecting their infants and themselves — than women who bottle-feed their babies or non-mothers, according to a new study in the September issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-mama-nursing-mothers-defend-babies.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:14:21 EST news233932446 The largest worldwide study on the association between breastfeeding, time of weaning and eczema in children has concluded that there is no clear evidence that exclusive breastfeeding for four months or longer protects against childhood eczema. The study, led by scientists at King's College London, and published online in the British Journal of Dermatology (BJD), concludes that children who were exclusively breastfed for four months or longer were as likely to develop eczema as children who were weaned earlier. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-prolonged-breastfeeding-eczema-global.html Health Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:52:12 EST news233376712 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 (Medical Xpress) -- A study conducted at Montana State University concludes that even though breastfeeding is healthy, cheap and benefits both mother and child, there exists a strong bias against nursing mothers by both men and women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-women-breastfeed-prejudices.html Health Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:00:34 EST news232103292 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 New research finds breastfeeding doesn't appear to protect against multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses, despite previous studies suggesting there may be a protective role. The research is published in the July 6, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-breastfeeding-ms-relapses.html Neuroscience Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:01:09 EST news229190454 (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 (Medical Xpress) -- Breastfeeding for four months or more is associated with fewer behavioral problems in children at age 5, an Oxford University study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-prolonged-breastfeeding-linked-behavior-problems.html Health Tue, 10 May 2011 09:29:33 EST news224238561 Health centers and birth hospitals serving largely minority populations could do more to promote and encourage recommended breastfeeding, according to a new study of Philadelphia safety-net health clinics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-inner-city-health-centers-boost-breastfeeding.html Health Mon, 09 May 2011 10:44:24 EST news224156654 While breastfeeding babies has numerous health advantages to both mother and child, mothers who breastfeed may find that other people look down on them and do not want to work with them. A recent study released by Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found that mothers who breastfeed are viewed as less competent than other women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-breastfeeding-mothers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:34:35 EST news222082444