Differences in the volume of water used and time spent cooling can prolong the survival of potentially harmful bacteria when reconstituting powdered infant formula
New research from the Millennium Cohort Study on a large cohort of babies examines whether the introduction of solids at an early age increases the vulnerability of the gut to infection.
A recently-published study measured the effect of breastfeeding on hospitalisation for diarrhoeal and lower respiratory tract infections in the first 8 months after birth in UK babies.
A study of 407 people born in Newcastle in 1947 suggests that the duration of breastfeeding is significantly associated with Helicobacter pylori infection, which is an important risk factor for gastric carcinoma.
