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Milk-drinking teens reap health benefits through adulthood: study

Developing healthy habits like drinking milk as a teen could have a long-term effect on a woman's risk for type 2 diabetes, according to new research in this month's issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1). R ...

Addiction created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Mother's postpartum oxycodone use: No safer for breastfed infants than codeine

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 ...

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Eating chocolate cuts risk of heart disease

(Medical Xpress) -- The researchers compiled a systematic review of seven studies using data from 114,000 patients and found that people who consumed the most chocolate had a 37 per cent lower risk of developing ...

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Researchers investigate muscle-building effect of protein beverages for athletes

Physical activity requires strong, healthy muscles. Fortunately, when people exercise on a regular basis, their muscles experience a continuous cycle of muscle breakdown (during exercise) and compensatory remodeling and growth ...

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Milk better than water to rehydrate kids: study

Active children need to be watered with milk. It's a more effective way of countering dehydration than a sports drink or water itself, say researchers at McMaster University.

Health created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Maternal IV fluids linked to newborns' weight loss

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 ...

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Study shows protective benefits of DHA taken during pregnancy

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.

Health created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

70 percent of 8-month-olds consume too much salt

Seventy per cent of eight-month-old babies have a salt (sodium chloride) intake higher than the recommended UK maximum level, due to being fed salty and processed foods like yeast extract, gravy, baked beans and tinned spaghetti.

Health created Jul 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Fatty foods really are mood enhancers

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 ...

Medical research created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

IV fluids may reduce severity of kidney failure in kids with E. coli infection

Infection with E. coli bacteria can wreak havoc in children, leading to bloody diarrhea, fever and kidney failure.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breastfeeding may prevent asthma

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.

Health created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Manual breast milk expression better than breast pump for poor feeders

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 ...

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Soy/milk protein dietary supplements linked to lower blood pressure

Milk and soy protein supplements were associated with lower systolic blood pressure compared to refined carbohydrate dietary supplements, in a study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiology created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers urge awareness of dietary iodine intake in postpartum Korean-American women

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 ...

Health created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researcher urges study of effects of breast pumps

(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 ...

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