Freezing, refrigerating breast milk lowers its antioxidant content ...
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TORONTO (CP) - Refrigerating or freezing expressed breast milk, a practice many women use when returning to the workforce after maternity leave, lowers its antioxidant content, a new study has found.
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NEW YORK  - Overweight and obese women are   less likely than normal-weight women to keep breastfeeding   their infants for six months or longer, a study from Australia   shows.
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Children being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) seem more able to deal with their treatment if their levels of antioxidants don't drop too much, new study findings suggest.
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A German insurance firm has written to clients urging them to eat more chocolate if they want to cut the risk of heart attacks. Many scientists now accept the antioxidants found in cocoa have been shown to decrease the risk of coronary artery disease.
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Researchers at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School tested the antioxidant levels in breast milk and found they dropped after the milk was stored in the refrigerator or the freezer.
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests. The analysis of 14 studies conducted since
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A study may have discovered why breastfeeding might help protect children against asthma, scientists say.
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Scientific study of the secrets of "freeze-tolerant" animals may yield clues for improving human medicine.
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In another blow to the belief that antioxidant supplements improve health, an authoritative analysis has concluded there is no evidence the vitamins ward off common digestive cancers.    Some experts say, however, that the findings do not mean the cancer-fighting potential of antioxidant pills should be written off just yet...
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Drinking organic milk has more health benefits than drinking non-organic, a study has suggested.
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NEW YORK  - Taking "nutritional doses" of  antioxidants seems to reduce men's risk of cancer, according to  the findings of a French study. This approach doesn't do much  for women, however, probably because they eat more healthily  than men to begin with.
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Cooling the head with a special cap may help reduce brain damage in infants with neonatal encephalopathy, a serious neurologic condition that occurs in the first days of life, new research shows. This treatment seems to work for most infants, provided their condition is not too severe.
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Breastfeeding for even a few months may lower the odds that a child will develop leukemia, a new research review suggests.
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A study suggests that certain antioxidants found in spinach and greens seem to protect against cataract. Around 20 million people in the USA suffer from cataract - a clouding of the eye lens that is linked to oxidative stress.
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NEW YORK  - Feeding very low birth-weight  infants with mother's milk rather than formula doesn't seem to  improve their neurological development, researchers have found.
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Drinking a pint of milk a day may protect against diabetes and heart disease, say UK researchers.
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NEW YORK  - Children whose mothers get enough omega-3 fatty acid during pregnancy may have sharper problem-solving skills in infancy, a small study suggests.