Increase in breast-feeding could save lives and billions of dollars

Sunday, April 4, 2010 - 23:21 in Health & Medicine

Nearly 900 babies would be saved each year and many child illnesses could be avoided if 90% of U.S. mothers breast-fed their babies for the first six months, a study says. The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90% of U.S. mothers breast-fed their babies for the first six months of life, a...

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