BACKGROUND Can exclusive breastfeeding until six months of age maintain optimum iron status in term babies? We evaluated iron status of exclusively breastfed term infants in relation to breast milk iron and lactoferrin. METHODS In this prospective study in Delhi, India, during the period 2003-2004 normally delivered babies of non-anemic [(Hemoglobin (Hb) = 11 g/dl, n = 68] and anemic (Hb 7 - ...

BACKGROUND The use of a dye and radiocolloid to detect sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer increases the detection rates. However the use of either method alone does not modify the false negative rate. Therefore there is no formal contraindication for the exclusive use of dye to detect nodes. AIM To report a prospective analysis of the exclusive blue dye technique for sentinel node biopsy i...

BACKGROUND Studies on the health benefits of breastfeeding in developed countries have shown conflicting results. These studies often fail to account for confounding, reverse causality, and dose-response effects. We addressed these issues in analyzing longitudinal data to determine if breastfeeding protects US infants from developing diarrhea and ear infections. METHODS Mothers participating ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation of infant feeding practice to childhood respiratory illness, growth, body composition, and blood pressure. DESIGN Follow up study of a cohort of children (mean age 7.3 years) who had detailed infant feeding and demographic data collected prospectively during the first two years of life. SETTING Dundee. SUBJECTS 674 infants, of whom 545 (81%) were avai...

Silicone breast prostheses have been widely used for several decades. Until recently, about 150 000 women received these implants annually in the United States—80% for breast augmentation and the others almost exclusively for reconstruction after cancer surgery. There is little doubt about the beneficial psychological eVects of breast implants, but there is increasing awareness of alleged adver...

Objective This study aimed to assess the possible association of high breast milk sodium levels with postpartum depression and anxiety. Methods A total of 150 mothers and their healthy, exclusively breastfed newborns aged 8 to 15 days were recruited. Mothers were asked to complete scales for evaluation of postnatal depression and anxiety following an interview for consent and sociodemographic d...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate fluorescence in situ hybridization for distinguishing between malignant and benign breast tumors and determining genetic subgroups of breast cancers. STUDY DESIGN Touch preparations from 94 surgically removed breast tumors (17 benign and 77 malignant) were hybridized with a DNA probe specific for centromeric DNA sequences of chromosome 1. Twenty samples were additionall...

background in the early months of life, breastfeeding increases chance of survival, reduces recovery time after disease and mortality due to infections such as diarrhea and acute respiratory infections. however, infants who are exclusively breast-fed for more than 6 months in developing countries may be at increased risk of anemia. therefore, the aim of study was to assess the relation between ...