Monday, December 01, 2003

Vital Signs: Disparities: New Findings on Breast-Feeding
New York Times
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
Published: December 2, 2003
A new study finds little evidence, despite some earlier reports, that breast-feeding reduces a child's risk of high blood pressure in adulthood. 'Our analysis suggests that any effect of breast-feeding on blood pressure is modest and of limited clinical or public health importance,' the study's authors wrote in a report in BMJ, the British medical journal...."

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