Two new studies show more evidence of the importance of breast-feeding for both infants and the mother. According to a report from the Associated Press on January 30, 2001, women who breast-fed their babies for two years or longer reduced their risk of breast cancer by 50%. The study by Yale University following rural women
read moreUSA Today, December 2, 2002 issue reports that US women are breast feeding their infants in record numbers. The article says that more women are breast feeding today than in the last 50 years. According to the 2001 poll by Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories, seven out of 10 women nurse in the hospital
read moreChildren who are breast fed cope better with stress such as the divorce of their parents. This according to a study published in the August 2006 issue of the Archives of Disease in Childhood. This study goes beyond the physical benefits of breast feeding and shows that breast feeding also helps a child deal with
read moreThis title comes from the Healthmall Newsletter reporting on a study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. In that study investigators studied a group of 625 adults born in Amsterdam between 1943 and 1946, during the Dutch famine. Most study participants (83%) had been exclusively breast-fed during their hospital stay at birth, (at
read moreFrom the April 25, 2005 edition of USA Today comes an expose’ story showing how much influence the pharmaceutical industry has over US lawmakers. The article starts by describing how drug companies allow their corporate jets to be used by politicians, and that the politicians are only legally required to pay the cost of a
read moreAccording to an article from the September 20, 2000 New York Times, retail drug spending has seen a major increase due to drug companies advertising directly to the public. This was according to a new study published by the National Institute for Health Care Management, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that conducts research on health care
read moreA jury in Wyoming found the British based drug company GlaxoSmithKline 80% responsible for a family murder – suicide committed by a patient taking a drug produced by the company. The drug was was an anti depressant marketed as Praxil in the United States and Seroxat in Britain. According to the report published in the
read moreThe debate over Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads, known as “DTCs” has heated up on several fronts as some in the medical profession and government see it as an expensive threat to consumer health, while others see it as the next step in consumer education. In the July 2, 2001 issue of the AMA News, was a
read moreFrom the centre for the Advancement of Health comes a July 23, 2003 article published on InteliHealth, that according to a recent study, people who are energetic, happy and relaxed are less likely to catch colds, while those who are depressed, nervous or angry are more likely to complain about cold symptoms. Sheldon Cohen, Ph.D.,
read moreThe above headline comes from the June 6, 2003 edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC). The article starts off by saying, “Doctors are being advised to withhold antibiotics for two to three days for many children with earaches in an effort to curb the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.” The Academy of Pediatrics is
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