breastfeeding
- Telangana
Telangana: Harish Rao unveils logo of ‘World Breastfeeding Week’
Hyderabad: Telangana finance and health minister, T Harish Rao unveiled the logo in honour of ‘World Breastfeeding Week’ at Telangana Secretariate on Tuesday. The program witnessed the presence of Bharat Serums and…
- Health
Dads play key role in supporting breastfeeding, safe infant sleep: Study
San Francisco: Fathers can make a huge difference in the health and well-being of their infants by supporting breastfeeding and safe sleep practices, a new study has shown. According to the study…
- Telangana
Telangana: Banswada MCH becomes India’s first ‘breast feeding friendly’ govt hospital
Hyderabad: The Mother and Children Hospital in Banswada, Kamareddy district, has been designated as India’s first government ‘breastfeeding friendly’ hospital for implementing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ten measures for successful breastfeeding…
- Health
Vaccinated women pass COVID antibodies to infants by breastfeeding: Study
Washington: A new study by the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that women vaccinated against COVID-19 transfer SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to their breastfed infants, potentially giving their babies passive immunity against the coronavirus.…
- News
Breast milk could help prevent heart disease premature infants
Washington: Breast milk, known for providing a complete form of nutrition for babies could also play a significant role in preventing heart diseases in prematurely born infants, suggests a recent study. The…
- Health
Is vaccination safe for breastfeeding women?
Washington: A recent study has claimed that there is no harm in administering routine vaccinations to breastfeeding mothers. However, the study published in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine said that only smallpox vaccine…
- Health
Breastfeeding lowers odds of eczema in some schoolchildren
Washington: A preliminary research presented during the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2019 Annual Meeting, said children exclusively breastfed for the first three months of life had significantly lower odds…
- Syria
Syrian babies haunted by malnutrition
Al-Hol: They survived the IS group’s crumbling “caliphate” by a thread, but skeletal babies streaming into this displacement camp in northeastern Syria now face a race against malnutrition. Truckloads of gaunt women…
- News
How breastfeeding is linked to being a righty or lefty
New York: Are you a leftie or a righty? The duration for which a child is breastfed may determine handedness or the dominant hand, says a research. The study, from the University…
