Background Healthy, full-term, exclusively breastfed infants are expected to lose weight in
the first days following birth. There are conflicting opinions about what constitutes a normal …

Prescribing medications for a breast-feeding mother requires weighing the benefits of
medication use for the mother against the risk of not breast-feeding the infant or the potential …

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Objective To determine whether vulnerability factors (confidence with breastfeeding,
postpartum depression, supplementation, and perceived adequacy of support) are …

Background Given early opportunities to breastfeed, breastfeeding assistance, and
instruction, the vast majority of mothers and babies will successfully establish breastfeeding …

Objective. Breastfeeding is the preferred nutrition for infants, but many pediatricians report
inadequate training to advise mothers who breastfeed. This study was designed to examine …

Objective. Childhood bicycle-related head injuries can be prevented through the use of
helmets. Although helmet legislation has proved to be a successful strategy for the adoption …

Background Sore nipples in breast-feeding mothers are a common cause of premature
weaning, and are difficult to treat owing to recurrent trauma and exposure to the infant's oral …

Exclusive breast-feeding is unambiguously the optimal infant feeding practice and is
universally promoted in the absence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). It is …

The health benefits of breastfeeding are so significant that stronger support of breastfeeding
has become a public health priority. Target breastfeeding rates are ensconced in national …