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Breast-Feeding May Boost IQ Says Researcher from McGill University & the Montreal Children's Hospital, in Canada

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Posted: Mon., May 5, 2008, 03:03 pm
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Topics: Maternity / Parenting, breast-fed, children, Cognitive Development, infants, IQ, Learning, memory, Research, Thinking, EmpowHer News
     

By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, May 5 (HealthDay News) -- Children who were breast-fed exclusively for the first three months of life or longer scored nearly six points higher on IQ tests at the age of 6 than children who weren't breast-fed exclusively, a new study has found.
     
     
     
     
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Breast-Feeding While on Seizure Meds Doesn't Harm Babies Says Study Author Kimford Meador, of the University of Florida at Gaine

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Posted: Thu., April 17, 2008, 01:42 pm
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Topics: Breast-Feeding, Causes, children, Cognitive Development, Medication, mothers, Research, Risk factors, Seizure, Treatments - Traditional, EmpowHer News
     

THURSDAY, April 17 (HealthDay News) -- Mothers who breast-feed while on certain seizure medications do not appear to harm their children's cognitive development, a new study finds.
     
     
     
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