Breastfeeding

Women who drink more cow’s milk during pregnancy and while breastfeeding may lower their child’s risk for developing food allergy, according to research published in Nutrients.

Children who were exclusively breastfed for 6 months were less likely to have dental disease, according to data presented at the virtual American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo.

Maternal docosahexaenoic acid supplementation did not improve bronchopulmonary dysplasia-free survival in breastfed preterm infants compared with placebo, according to results of a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open.

Pregnant women who engaged in moderate levels of exercise increased a compound in their breast milk that may lower their offspring’s risks for serious health problems like CVD or diabetes, researchers reported in Nature Metabolism.

Breastfeeding infants who were fed formula during their post-partum hospital stay were 2 1/2 to six times more likely to be weaned off of breast milk in the first year of life compared with infants who were breastfed exclusively, a study published in Pediatrics found.

Healio spoke with Naoko Sasamoto, MD, MPH, from the Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, about her JAMA Oncology study that suggested breastfeeding as a potentially modifiable factor that may decrease risk for ovarian cancer independent of pregnancy alone – and what this means for clinicians.

Breastfeeding appeared to be associated with reduced risk for overall ovarian cancer and for the high-grade serous subtype, according to results of a pooled analysis published in JAMA Oncology.

Parity and breastfeeding are each independently associated with a significantly lower risk for early natural menopause, according to an analysis of the Nurses’ Health Study II cohort.

Breastfeeding provided a protective effect against postpartum multiple sclerosis relapses, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Neurology.

Team-based care that incorporated a lactation consultant in a primary care setting doubled monthly lactation visit volume, according to a recent study.