Friday, March 30, 2007

Breast-feeding benefits from HIV-infected women

Breast-feeding benefits seen in HIV-infected women (Reuters)

An HIV-positive South African mother holds her 4-month-old baby in a file photo. African women infected with the AIDS virus cut the risk of transmitting it to their babies when they fed them exclusively breast milk and not also formula, animal milk or solid food, a study found on Thursday. (Juda Ngwenya/Reuters)Reuters - African women infected with the AIDS virus cut the risk of transmitting it to their babies when they fed them exclusively breast milk and not also formula, animal milk or solid food, a study found on Thursday.


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