Immunology
SWAT team of immune cells found in mother's milk
Immune cells that are ready to take action against invaders like bacteria have been found in women's breast milk, researchers say.
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Immunology
Breast milk found to protect against food allergy
Eating allergenic foods during pregnancy can protect your child from food allergies, especially if you breastfeed, suggests new research from Boston Children's Hospital. The study, published online today in the Journal of ...
Nov 20, 2017
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Health
Does breast milk boost athletic performance in adults or cure cancer?
Does breast milk boost athletic performance in adults or cure cancer? Or is this all just a weird internet fetish?
Oct 5, 2017
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Pediatrics
Sugars in some breast milk could help protect babies from group B strep
Group B strep (GBS) bacteria remain the leading cause of severe infections in newborns worldwide. Now researchers have found that although the pathogen can be transmitted to infants through breastfeeding, some mothers produce ...
Aug 21, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Short duration of breastfeeding and maternal obesity linked to fatty liver in adolescents
Infants who were breastfed for less than six months before starting infant formula milk and infants who had mothers who were obese at the start of pregnancy, were much more likely to develop nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ...
Jun 12, 2017
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Pediatrics
Cambodia halts Utah company's export of human breast milk
Cambodia has suspended the export of human breast milk by a U.S.-based company pioneered by a former Mormon missionary.
Mar 20, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study sheds light on maturation of infant microbiome, no difference between cesarean versus vaginal delivery
A new study published today by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Nature Medicine found that the microbiome of infants greatly expands between birth and 4 to 6 weeks of age. The study also found that the mode of ...
Jan 24, 2017
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Pediatrics
Study looks at how changes in maternal diet impact human milk oligosaccharides and milk microbiome
In a study to be presented Thursday, Jan. 26, in the oral plenary session, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, researchers with Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas and ...
Jan 23, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Antioxidant may protect offspring of obese mothers from fatty liver disease
In new research published online in The FASEB Journal, scientists show that the antioxidant pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) may prevent the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in offspring. The research, which ...
Jan 10, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Common antioxidant may guard against liver disease, says researcher
A common antioxidant found in human breast milk and foods like kiwi fruit can protect against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the offspring of obese mice, according to researchers at the University of Colorado ...
Jan 3, 2017
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