Breastfeeding May Inhibit Multiple Sclerosis Relapses?
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 19:07
in Health & Medicine
Make of it what you will but a study released today says that breastfeeding may reduce multiple sclerosis(MS) relapses. Sorry guys, this only helps women MS sufferers and only after pregnancy. For the study, researchers followed 32 pregnant women with MS and 29 pregnant women without MS during each trimester and up to a year after they gave birth. The women were interviewed about their breastfeeding and menstrual period history. A total of 52 percent of the women with MS did not breastfeed or began supplemental formula feedings within two months of giving birth. Of those, 87 percent had a relapse after pregnancy compared to 36 percent of women with MS who breastfed exclusively for at least two months after pregnancy. read more
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