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Congenital Brain Defects Congenital Brain Defects
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Breast milk may help brain stem develop
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN) ...ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY...PRINTED VERSIONhe brain stem of premature...appears to develop faster if they are fed breast milk instead of...The brain stem relays information...of ...
Breastfeeding Is Priceless No Substitute for Human Milk
Magazine article from: International Journal of Childbirth Education ...superiority of human milk and of the...Breastfeeding helps protect against...likely to develop Hodgkin...important for brain growth...Human milk contains an...Human milk enhances brain stem ...
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) ...finding that the breast milk of his mother...and tried to help these Quichua...deciliter may develop neurological...performed brain electrophysiological...found normal brain neuron activity in the ...
The Breast Choice, NATION
Newspaper article from: The Nation (Thailand) ...12-1998 Breast feeding infants...mums, you may deserve that...system and brain of a newborn...Benefits Breast milk contains many...likely to develop diarrhoeal...secretory IgAthat helps boost antibody...some ...

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