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06/04/08
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Findings Offer Insights into Role of Breastfeeding in Preventing Infant Death, HIV Infection in Resource Poor Countries
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In many poor countries, mothers with HIV face a stark choice: to nurse their infants, and risk passing on HIV through their breast milkāor to formula feed, and deprive their infants of much of the natural immunity needed to protect against fatal diseases of early infancy. Now, two studies supported by the National Institutes of Health offer insights into preventing early death and HIV infection among breastfeeding infants of mothers with HIV in these countries. |
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03/20/02
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Undersize Infants Score Higher on IQ Tests If Breast Fed Exclusively
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Full-term infants who are born small score an average of 11 points higher on IQ tests if they are exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life compared to those who are given formula or solids early on, according to findings published in the March Acta Paediatrica. |
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03/06/00
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Formula Additives Boost Small Children's Intelligence in Study
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Adding two substances found in breast milk to infant formula boosted the average intelligence scores in a group of 18-month-old children significantly, according to a study funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). |
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