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New Insight on Benefits of Breastfeeding

by | December 27th, 2010

Although women have been breastfeeding for generations and groups such as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a child’s life, researchers are finally beginning to get a better handle on exactly what makes breast milk unique and beneficial.

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Cesarean Deliveries Increased, Total Births Declined in 2008

by | December 22nd, 2010

Births by cesarean delivery increased to nearly one third of all deliveries in 2008, a year in which the total number of births diminished, according to the “Annual Study of Vital Statistics: 2008,” published online December 20 in the journal Pediatrics.

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New Genes Linked to Endometriosis

by | December 15th, 2010

Women with one of two genetic variants may be more likely to develop endometriosis, according to a new study that may offer new clues about the cause of the mysterious condition.

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Mandatory Cognitive Assessments Set to Become Part of Annual Wellness Visits

by | December 8th, 2010

The Alzheimer’s Association is establishing a new workgroup of field experts to provide primary care physicians with guidance on cognitive assessments, which are due to become a mandatory part of annual wellness visits by Medicare patients starting January 2011.

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Yearly Mammograms Starting at Age 40 Cut Mastectomy Risk in Half

by | December 7th, 2010

Annual mammograms beginning at 40 years of age would greatly reduce the risk for mastectomy in women between 40 and 50 years, according to a study presented by British researchers here at the Radiological Society of North America 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. One of the aims of the researchers was to appeal to…Read the Rest of Article

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