Breast Milk

Breast milk science finally gets attention from scientists as COVID-19 raises key questions

With 250+ papers on COVID-19 and infant feeding since February, researchers are beginning to contribute to the understudied science of breast milk.

How alarmins found in breast milk protect newborns from intestinal disorders, obesity

Breast milk not only contains fats, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins but also white blood cells and immunoglobulin A, more than 200 oligosaccharides and various hormones

For mothers breastfeeding children beyond infancy, how a life of secrecy and castigation blights the experience

The female body, from the moment it pushes out an offspring, is subdued, and replaced by something inert — a bottle, a pacifier, a silicone toy, a crib, and erased entirely before the passage of a year.

COVID-19 and breastfeeding: Infection isn't currently known to spread through breast milk, but use of pump is recommended

Breastfeeding and weaning are delicate and necessary processes for the development of a child, but when the mother falls sick during this time, there can be a disruption.

Newborn baby in London becomes youngest person to be infected with coronavirus

The mother-child duo are being treated at separate hospitals with the mother being moved to a special infection hospital.

Benefits of drinking raw milk are not clear but the dangers are well defined

A study concluded that drinking raw milk in the first year of life could reduce the risk of fevers and respiratory infections by about 30 percent.

From the mouths of babes: bottles that weaned prehistoric infants found in Bavarian graves

Two bottles came from a cemetery dating to between 800 and 450 BC, and a third from a site dating between 1200 and 800 BC.

Madras High Court judge's absurd extempore on breastfeeding ignores what is best for the mother

The American obsession with ‘breast is best’ has firmly come to our shores. However, the emphasis on breastfeeding ignores what may be best for the mother.

Watch: 2,000 Philippine mums show breast is best for babies

Some 2,000 mothers in the Philippines breastfed their babies in public in a gathering aimed at cutting infant deaths and dispelling taboos over the practice.

In a first-of-its kind effort, IBM to ship travelling employees' breast milk home

In a first-of-its kind effort, IBM is planning to soon launch a service to help the company's working mothers ship breast milk home to their babies while they are on business trips.