lamotrigine is a safe anti-epileptic drug among pregnant and lactating women. some concerns exist regarding the safety of lamotrigine during breastfeeding and related neonatal complications. in this brief review, this matter was evaluated and discussed. in this review study, the medical literature available in search databases such as embase, scopus, pubmed, and medline and even also local medi...

introduction: there are many advantages in breastfeeding of infants. the impact of fasting of breastfeeding mothers during ramadan, on their exclusively breastfed infants’ growth, is still unclear. the objective of this study is to determine the impact of maternal ramadan fasting on growth parameters of exclusively breastfed infants. methods: this cohort study was conducted on 55 healthy, exclu...

Introduction: There are many advantages in breastfeeding of infants. The impact of fasting of breastfeeding mothers during Ramadan, on their exclusively breastfed infants’ growth, is still unclear. The objective of this study is to determine the impact of maternal Ramadan fasting on growth parameters of exclusively breastfed infants. Methods: This cohort study was conducted on 55 healthy, exclu...

BACKGROUND Adequate complementary feeding is recognized as an important predictor of health later in life. The objective of this study was to describe the feeding practices and nutrients' intake, and their association with breastfeeding at six months of age, in a cohort of infants enrolled at birth in the maternity hospital of Trieste, Italy. METHODS Out of 400 infants enrolled at birth, 268 ...

Background: Formula-fed infants have growth and plasma amino acid patterns different from those of breastfed infants. Objective: -Lactalbumin is a major protein in human milk, and the addition of bovine -lactalbumin to infant formula has been proposed to modify the plasma amino acid pattern of the recipient infant, possibly allowing a reduction in the protein content of the formula, which may a...

The faecal microbiota composition of infants born to mothers receiving intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis with ampicillin against group B Streptococcus was compared with that of control infants, at day 7 and 30 of life. Recruited newborns were both exclusive breastfed and mixed fed, in order to also study the effect of dietary factors on the microbiota composition. Massive parallel sequencing o...

background: urinary tract infection (uti) is a common cause for diseases in infants. various studies have suggested that infants with uti benefit from a lower rate of breastfeeding compared to control groups. our experimental evidence showed if breastfed infants are infected with a uti, their response to treatment is faster and better. objectives: the aim of this study is to compare bacterial r...

BACKGROUND Formula-fed infants have growth and plasma amino acid patterns different from those of breastfed infants. OBJECTIVE alpha-Lactalbumin is a major protein in human milk, and the addition of bovine alpha-lactalbumin to infant formula has been proposed to modify the plasma amino acid pattern of the recipient infant, possibly allowing a reduction in the protein content of the formula, w...

BACKGROUND Data from a longitudinal study of 153 low-income Peruvian infants were used to assess the relationship between internationally-recommended definitions of feeding practices and infants' monthly weight gain and weight status at 12 months. METHODS Infants were classified into feeding categories using monthly reported data. Analysis of variance was used to assess the relationship betwe...

we conducted this study to compare fecal calprotectin between exclusively breastfed and formula or mixed fed infants aged one month and six months. sixty term infants were enrolled from the labor ward of valiasr hospital between oct 2011 and july 2015 and their fecal calprotectin was checked by the elisa method and hycult biotech kits. the enrolled infants had a birth weight of 2500-4000 g and ...