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Bridge the gap in support for breastfeeding mothers today. (Image source: Unsplash)
Fitness and Wellness

Breastfeeding Mothers Don’t Need Unsolicited Advice - They Need Support

Dr. Shanjitha J Hussain, MD Internal Medicine
6 min read
Breastfeeding Week 2024’s theme is Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All. What do “gap” and “support” mean?
U.S. pediatricians group said people with HIV can breastfeed their babies, if they are taking medications that effectively and routinely prescribed drugs can reduce the risk of transmitting HIV via breast milk to less than 1% suppress the virus that causes AIDS. (Representational Image: Unsplash)
Medicine

US Pediatricians Reverse HIV-Positive Mothers' Breastfeeding Guidance

MBT Desk
4 min read
The new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reverses recommendations it had in place since the start of the HIV epidemic in the 1980s.
Prior studies have shown that non-nutritive suckling on a pacifier produces data that can be used to evaluate breastfeeding. (Representational Image: Unsplash)
Medicine

Innovative Study Uses AI and Modified Pacifier to Enhance Breastfeeding Support

MBT Desk
4 min read
The researchers from the University of California San Diego measured if babies are generating enough suckling strength to breastfeed.
For the study, researchers used the German multiple sclerosis and Pregnancy Registry to identify 183 infants born to mothers taking monoclonal antibodies while breastfeeding. (Representational image: Wikimedia Commons)
Medicine

Multiple Sclerosis Drugs Taken While Breastfeeding May Not Affect Child Development

MBT Desk
3 min read
German study finds certain multiple sclerosis drugs during breastfeeding pose no harm to child development in the first three years
The study is the third in a series that looks at antibody protection being transferred via breast milk from mothers who received their first two COVID-19 vaccinations and, now, the booster shot. (Representational image: Unsplash)
Medicine

Breastfeeding After COVID-19 Booster Can Give Babies Antibodies

MBT Desk
3 min read
University of Florida study: Lactating moms who received COVID-19 booster transmit antibodies via breast milk, protecting infants
The most important support person for women to succeed in their ambition to breastfeed is the new mother’s partner. (Representational Image: Unsplash)
Fitness and Wellness

Important to Involve Both Parents in Breastfeeding

MBT Desk
2 min read
It provides new parents with structured breastfeeding support throughout the healthcare chain
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