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The Natural History of Atopic Disease The association of allergy with cow milk has been documented in the literature for decades. , , The incidence of this allergy in the…

A large body of evidence clearly demonstrates the protective effects of breastfeeding and documents the transmission of specific infections to infants through breast milk. The fear and anxiety that arise…

Normal Growth The focus on growth evaluations in childhood have relied on averages: averages of the fat, the thin, the tall, the short, the sick, and the well. The real…

As more women breastfeed and breastfeed longer in keeping with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations, questions about the safety of certain medications…

Human milk was considered a heavenly elixir, a living fluid. It was not until the end of the eighteenth century that chemical methods became available to decipher the content of…

Timing and Techniques What does weaning mean? Textbooks on pediatrics and mothers’ manuals imply that it is the process by which one changes from one method of feeding to another….

Some of the most dramatic and far-reaching advances in the understanding of the immunologic benefits of human milk have been made using newer techniques to demonstrate the specific contribution of…

Lactation is the physiologic completion of the reproductive cycle. The maternal body prepares during pregnancy for lactation, not only by developing the breast to produce milk but also by storing…

Gross Anatomy The mammary gland, as the breast is medically termed, received its name from mamma , the Latin word for breast. The human mammary gland is the only organ…