Breastfeeding

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Health & Medicine

New immune cells help maintain breast health

Researchers have discovered a new type of immune cell that helps keep breast tissue healthy within mammary ducts – the sites where milk is produced and transported – and where breast cancers arise

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Health & Medicine

How babies may be more vulnerable to medication

New research has found a mechanism that may make fetuses and newborns more exposed to drugs, providing a pathway to better understanding of what is a safer dosage for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers

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Arts & Culture

The human animal: Breastfeeding in public

A new production puts the quiet, intimate act of breastfeeding on stage, and asks us to consider what it means to be an ecofeminist mother to a girl in the 21st century

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Health & Medicine

Breastfeeding: The heart of the matter

World’s largest study confirms breastfeeding improves the health and intelligence of children and the wellbeing of their mothers

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