Longer duration of exclusive breastfeeding has protective effect on childhood asthma, says new study

Pregnant women and new mothers are often presented with information on the benefits of breastfeeding their infants. A new study in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology shows that a longer period of exclusive breastfeeding was associated with decreased odds of current asthma. “The results of the study indicated that the longer a mother exclusively breastfed, the lower the relative […]
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