Sunday 21 October 2012

Breastfeeding Cuts Breast Cancer Risk: Study

It is not only babies who benefit from breastfeeding but even mothers as well. A study has found that breastfeeding can reduce the risk of breast cancer in women. Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health examined the association between reproductive risk factors - such as the number of children a woman delivers, breast-feeding and oral contraceptive use - and found an increased risk for estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor- (ER/PR) ...

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