Chinese women unaware of breastfeeding norms
Only 20 percent of Chinese women understood what exclusive breastfeeding means while more than 50 percent of mothers stopped exclusive breastfeeding before their child was six months old, according to...
View ArticleVote for Breastfeeding in Pepsi Refresh contest
Vote for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center InfantRisk Center in the Pepsi Refresh Project contest and benefit mothers and babies by showing your support for a HSC project that will impact the...
View ArticleRecalled!: How Breastfeeding Won the War
Again? Yesterday Abbott Labs announced a Similac recall for millions of containers of their powdered infant formula. The company took the voluntary action due to the possibility of the formula...
View ArticleBreastfeeding and Food Allergies: What You Need to Know
What mothers should do during breastfeeding It is essential that mothers of children who have the potential to develop food allergies should breastfeed their infants exclusively for at least 4 months...
View ArticleBreastfeeding study and baby food & formula firms linked
Three scientists who controversially cast doubt on the safety of exclusively breastfeeding babies until six months old have links to infant formula and baby food companies, breastfeeding advocates say....
View ArticleCan Breastfeeding Transmit Yellow Fever?
A five-week old infant most likely contracted a vaccine strain of yellow fever virus through breastfeeding, according to a case report published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). “Until...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Protects Against Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
A new study by the University of Virginia School of Medicine reports that breastfeeding may help prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Researchers analyzed 18 studies and concluded that infants...
View ArticleUpcoming Cell Phone App for New Moms
HSC unveils new breastfeeding app Texas Tech Health Sciences Center officials unveiled a new smartphone application called the InfantRisk Center Mobile Application Wednesday afternoon. Priced at...
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