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Breastfeeding: Not only for young teens

When a teen mom is considering breastfeeding, it may be a tough task for her to break misconceptions, she has about breastfeeding. For example, many teens prefer bottle feeding as a healthier choice over breast feeding. They also believe that their breasts will lose their shape and it is “old school.” Teen moms, just like adults consider many factors when choosing breastfeeding. (more…)

Some Vitamin Supplements Increase Presence of the HIV Virus in Breast Milk

By Guest PostAugust 27, 2010Healthbeta-carotene, breast milk, breastfeed, eduardo villamor, epidemiologist, hiv, hiv-infected, hiv-positive, mother-to-child transmission, pregnant, sub-saharan africa, vitamin A, women

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Vitamin A and beta-carotene supplements are unsafe for HIV-positive women who breastfeed because they may boost the excretion of HIV in breast milk—thereby increasing the chances of transmitting the infection to the child, a pair of new studies suggest.

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Breastfeeding: Not only for young teens

Some Vitamin Supplements Increase Presence of the HIV Virus in Breast Milk