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Maternal diabetes could be a risk factor for low milk supply

A new study shows that women with diabetes during pregnancy face a significantly higher risk of having a low milk supply.

18 Feb 2016

Special issue of FMCH focuses on care and disease management interventions in China, Australia

A Sino-Australian forum is the theme of the new issue of Family Medicine and Community Health (FMCH), an international medical journal with editorial offices in China and the U.S.

17 Feb 2016

Providence Health System earns Baby-Friendly designation

Providence Health System, the longest continually serving hospital in Washington, D.C. – and a part of Ascension, the nation's largest Catholic and non-profit health system – announced today its designation as a Baby-Friendly hospital.

17 Feb 2016

Babies should sleep in their own beds during first three months to reduce risk of SIDS

The advice given to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, SIDS, has worked well, but the potential to save more lives exists. In addition to sleeping on their backs, infants should sleep in their own beds for the first few months to reduce the risk of sudden infant death. A new doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg has explored these issues.

15 Feb 2016

Transition from milk-based diet to family food impacts Infants’ gut bacteria

It is the transition to eating the family's food and not the weight of the mother that has the greatest impact on the composition of gut bacteria in nine-month-old children.

12 Feb 2016

Transition to family foods drives development of infant gut microbiota

After the age of nine months, the development of the infant gut microbiota is driven by the transition to family foods, not maternal obesity, according to results from a new study. The study was published online this week in mSphere, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

11 Feb 2016

Babies exposed to air pollution in womb at increased risk of developing asthma

Babies born to mothers exposed to air pollution from traffic during pregnancy have an increased risk of developing asthma before the age of six, according to new UBC research.

10 Feb 2016

Increased breastfeeding could save over 800000 children’s lives annually

Just 1 in 5 children in high-income countries are breastfed to 12 months, whilst only 1 in 3 children in low and middle-income countries are exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months.

30 Jan 2016

Costs of lower cognitive ability linked with not breastfeeding amount to over $300 billion each year

When countries, rich or poor, support breastfeeding through meaningful investments and programs, it has an impact on their bottom line and the health of women and children. The Lancet Breastfeeding Series, released today, finds that globally, the costs of lower cognitive ability associated with not breastfeeding amount to more than $300 billion each year, a figure comparable to the entire global pharmaceutical market.

29 Jan 2016

PAHO recommendations for preventing or slowing spread of Zika virus

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that is new to the Americas. Since Brazil reported the first cases of local transmission of the virus in May 2015, it has spread to 21 countries and territories* of the Americas (as of 23 January 2016).

27 Jan 2016

Metabolic profile derived from routine newborn screenings could determine infant's gestational age

Knowing if an infant was born on time or prematurely can make all the difference in deciding what medical care the baby needs.

22 Jan 2016

Age of gluten introduction does not reduce risk of celiac disease in at-risk infants

Based on new evidence, the age of introduction of gluten into the infant diet -- or the practice of introducing gluten during breast-feeding -- does not reduce the risk of celiac disease in infants at risk, according to a Position Paper of the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

20 Jan 2016

New BSR guidelines on prescribing anti-rheumatic medication during pregnancy, breastfeeding

The new BSR guidelines make a number of specific recommendations for the use of standard and/or biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), providing crucial advice for clinicians, obstetricians and midwives.

18 Jan 2016

Help beat the blues this Monday with a B12 Boost

Boost your mood and energy levels this Blue Monday (18 January) by topping up your vitamin B12, say natural health pioneers BetterYou.

From BetterYou Ltd 14 Jan 2016

Researchers suggest microorganisms in the womb set stage for health problems later in life

Researchers review importance of microorganisms that exist in the gut, suggesting perturbation of the environment during pregnancy, delivery and early infancy could impact the developing baby's early microbiome and set the stage for health problems later in life. The term "microbiome" refers to the trillions of organisms we harbor, on our skin and within our respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts.

30 Dec 2015

New study pinpoints five top risk factors responsible for undernutrition among children in India

In India, nearly 40% of all children are stunted--of extremely low height for their age--and nearly 30% are underweight. A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has now pinpointed the five top risk factors responsible for more than two-thirds of the problem.

18 Dec 2015

Incorporating postpartum contraceptive services across the continuum of reproductive healthcare

Approximately one-quarter of inter-birth intervals in low- and middle-income countries are less than 24 months in length, exposing infants to risks of prematurity, low birthweight, and death. Increased evidence of these health risks has emerged in the past few decades and, after a period of neglect, interest in postpartum family planning has followed, supported by organizations like WHO and USAID.

13 Dec 2015

Early life exposures to toxic chemicals reduce infants' response to TB vaccine

Early life exposures to toxic chemicals such as PCBs and DDT dampen an infant's response to the tuberculosis vaccine, according to a new study from the University of Rochester Environmental Health Sciences Center.

11 Dec 2015

WHO’s new checklist targets preventable causes of maternal, newborn deaths in healthcare settings

Worldwide, the majority of maternal and newborn deaths occur around the time of birth, typically within the first 24 hours after childbirth. Most of these deaths are preventable.

8 Dec 2015

XARELTO reduces rates of major bleeding, recurrent blood clots in people with deep vein thrombosis

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its development partner, Bayer HealthCare, today announced the results from their real-world study XALIA showing that, in people with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), the rates of major bleeding and recurrent blood clots for XARELTO (rivaroxaban) in routine clinical practice were generally consistent with those observed in Phase 3 research.

7 Dec 2015

Breastfeeding News and Research

Latest Breastfeeding News and Research

Maternal diabetes could be a risk factor for low milk supply

Special issue of FMCH focuses on care and disease management interventions in China, Australia

Providence Health System earns Baby-Friendly designation

Babies should sleep in their own beds during first three months to reduce risk of SIDS

Transition from milk-based diet to family food impacts Infants’ gut bacteria

Transition to family foods drives development of infant gut microbiota

Babies exposed to air pollution in womb at increased risk of developing asthma

Increased breastfeeding could save over 800000 children’s lives annually

Costs of lower cognitive ability linked with not breastfeeding amount to over $300 billion each year

PAHO recommendations for preventing or slowing spread of Zika virus

Metabolic profile derived from routine newborn screenings could determine infant's gestational age

Age of gluten introduction does not reduce risk of celiac disease in at-risk infants

New BSR guidelines on prescribing anti-rheumatic medication during pregnancy, breastfeeding

Help beat the blues this Monday with a B12 Boost

Researchers suggest microorganisms in the womb set stage for health problems later in life

New study pinpoints five top risk factors responsible for undernutrition among children in India

Incorporating postpartum contraceptive services across the continuum of reproductive healthcare

Early life exposures to toxic chemicals reduce infants' response to TB vaccine

WHO’s new checklist targets preventable causes of maternal, newborn deaths in healthcare settings

XARELTO reduces rates of major bleeding, recurrent blood clots in people with deep vein thrombosis

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