More girls than boys benefit from breastfeeding, research shows

Monday, June 2, 2008 - 02:42 in Health & Medicine

Challenging the long-standing belief that breast-feeding equally protects all babies against disease, research led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center investigators suggests that when it comes to respiratory infections, the protective effects of breast milk are higher in girls than in boys.

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