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Health Tip: Breast-Feeding Benefits Baby
(HealthDay News) -- For the first few months, newborns need sustenance from either breast milk or formula.
Since breast milk contains disease-fighting antibodies, the womenshealth.gov Web site says breast-feeding may help reduce the risk of these health problems in babies:
- Ear infections.
- Stomach viruses.
- The skin condition atopic dermatitis.
- Asthma.
- Obesity.
- Childhood leukemia.
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A federal government website managed by the Office on Women's Health in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
200 Independence Avenue, S.W. • Washington, DC 20201