Breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer in women with a family history of the disease

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 15:56 in Health & Medicine

CHAPEL HILL -- According to a new study, women with a family history of breast cancer were 59 percent less likely to develop breast cancer themselves if they breastfed their children.

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