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Multitasking! Ashley Graham Pumps Milk for Son's ‘Breakfast of Champions’

10.07.2020 Kids Health

Breast-feeding her boy! Ashley Graham has been nursing her and Justin Ervin’s son, Isaac, since his January birth. The newborn made his debut on an episode of the model’s “Pretty Big Deal” podcast the following month, feeding while his parents detailed his arrival. “Now that I gave birth and I did it naturally and I felt everything, I feel like […]

Informal sharing of breast milk gains popularity among women, despite safety risks

25.10.2019 Kids Health

Women who are unable to produce enough breast milk for their children are increasingly turning to “mother-to-mother” informal milk-sharing, a potentially unsafe practice that is discouraged by the pediatric medical community, according to new research being presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2019 National Conference & Exhibition. The research abstract, “Where to get Donor Breast Milk? Self-Reported Parental […]

Sugars and microbiome in mother’s milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection

28.11.2018 Health Problems

Using a multidisciplinary approach, an international team of researchers from several institutions, including Baylor College of Medicine, reveals that complex interactions between sugars and the microbiome in human milk influence neonatal rotavirus infection. Reported in the journal Nature Communications, this study provides new understanding of rotavirus infections in newborns and identifies maternal components that could improve the performance of live, […]