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Breast-feeding May Protect Mom’s Heart After Menopause
123rf By Denise Mann MONDAY, April 20, 2009 (Health.com) — When Lana Phillip, now 45, decided to breast-feed her baby, she never imagined she would continue for three whole years. “I was living in...
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How to Stay Fit When You Eat for a Living, Breast-Feeding Dolls, and Why...
According to Top Chef judge Padma Lakshmi, our dream job—tasting food from some of the best chefs in the country five days a week—has a downside. While the show is in production, she says she...
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It's Time for More Moms to Breast-Feed, U.S. Officials Say
THURSDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDay News) — With breast-feeding rates still not at the levels health-care providers and policymakers would like, two U.S. health agencies have decided it’s time to take action....
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Swedish Man Tries to Lactate, Foods People Die For, and Why Kids' Sports...
No matter which side of the to-breast-feed-or-not-to-breast-feed debate you fall on, you have to admit this is just plain weird: A Swedish man is convinced if he continues to use a breast pump every...
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Women Who Really Enjoy Breast-Feeding, Planting a Cool-Season Garden, and...
As if yesterday’s news of a Swedish man trying to lactate wasn’t quite strange enough, consider this: Some women find breast-feeding so pleasurable that they may actually orgasm while feeding their...
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Breast-Feeding Can Help Mom's Heart Decades Later
THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) — Breast-feeding, even for just a couple of months, can significantly lower a woman’s risk of metabolic syndrome — a dangerous cluster of heart disease risk factors —...
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Many Women Quit Breast-Feeding Early
SUNDAY, Dec. 27 (HealthDay News) — Though a growing percentage of American moms start their infants on human milk, relatively few continue breast-feeding for the baby’s first six months of life, let...
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Pregnant? Some Foods May Raise Baby's Asthma, Allergy Risk
(Getty Images) By Denise Mann SUNDAY, Feb. 28, 2010 (Health.com) — As if mothers-to-be don’t have enough to worry about, new research suggests that eating certain foods during pregnancy or while...
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Women Who Delay Returning to Work Breast-Feed Longer
Getty Images By Matt McMillen MONDAY, May 30, 2011 (Health.com) — The longer a working mother stays at home with her newborn, the more likely she is to breast-feed and continue doing so for the...
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Breast Milk Contains More Than 700 Bacteria Types: Study
TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) — Breast milk contains more than 700 species of bacteria, which is more than previously believed, according to a new study. Breast milk from overweight mothers or...
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More Breast-Feeding Could Reduce Breast Cancer, Heart Attacks in U.S.
THURSDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) — Low breast-feeding rates in the United States are a serious threat to women’s health and a drain on the nation’s health dollars, according to a new study....
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Breast Milk Supply May Be Linked to Insulin
FRIDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) — Insulin plays an important role in making breast milk, according to a new study that may help explain why many mothers have difficulty producing enough milk to nurse...
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Most U.S. Babies Are Now Breast-Fed, CDC Says
WEDNESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — The number of American babies who are breast-fed continues to rise, according to a new U.S. government report. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of babies who...
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Breast-Feeding May Protect Some Women Against Breast Cancer
By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) — Breast-feeding for more than six months appears to guard nonsmoking women against breast cancer for longer periods of time, a...
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Breast-Feeding Problems Common for First-Time Moms
By Maureen SalamonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) — The notion of new mothers easily and comfortably breast-feeding their newborns is challenged by new research that indicates...
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Study Says Breast-Feeding is Overhyped, and This Mom is Relieved
Photo: Getty images Here’s welcome news for any mom who, like me, couldn’t breast-feed and felt like she was dooming her baby to a fat, hyperactive, less intelligent future: The long-term benefits of...
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3 Things You Need to Know About Alcohol and Breastfeeding
The message about drinking alcohol while you’re pregnant is pretty clear: It’s seriously harmful for babies, so don’t do it. But what about drinking when you’re breastfeeding? That’s way less precise....
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Going Back to Full-Time Job May Disrupt Breastfeeding Plans
Photo: Getty Images FRIDAY, July 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) — New mothers who return to work full-time are less likely to stick with their breast-feeding goals than those who go back to work part-time,...
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Dita Von Teese Designed Nursing Bras That Are Actually Pretty
Photo: Courtesy of Destination Maternity Ah, nursing bras. The majority of the options on the market are pretty ho-hum—they either look clinical or they resemble THAT sports bra you’ll only wear when...
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10 Myths and Facts About Breastfeeding
Photo: Getty Images August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month—and while breastfeeding rates in the United States continue to rise (nearly 80% of infants born in 2011 started to breastfeed),...
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