Saturday, October 08, 2005

Breast-Feeding Does Not Raise Cancer Risk in Adulthood (Medscape)

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 05 - Adults who were breast-fed as infants are not at increased risk for cancer, researchers report in the October 5th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Moreover, the results of a meta-analysis suggest that this feeding method may reduce the risk of premenopausal breast cancer...

...In the meta-analysis, breast-feeding during infancy did not have an effect on the overall risk of breast cancer in adulthood. However, this practice was associated with a 12% decreased risk of premenopausal breast cancer.



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