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Dear Friends:
As we know from the research across the globe, early and frequent
breastfeeding after birth can either prevent or reduce the incidence of
hyperbilirubinemia. Here is a current article, with a finding I've not seen before, that
underscores the importance of early and frequent nursing.
In the latest issue of Pediatrics (Vol. 119 No. 5 May 2007, pp. 1036-1037
(doi:10.1542/peds.2007-0180) is an article:
"Neonatal Blue-Light Phototherapy Could Increase the Risk of Dysplastic Nevus
Development" with this finding:
"In 2002 and 2003, 747 schoolchildren aged 14 to 18 years were investigated
to determine the prevalence of common and atypical melanocytic nevi. Data were
recorded with regard to the neonatal history of the students, such as
prematurity, neonatal jaundice and blue-light phototherapy; 44.6% of the children had
received phototherapy for the treatment of neonatal jaundice. Our results
revealed that the prevalence of common melanocytic nevi was quite similar in the
treated and untreated children, but exposed subjects were likely to have
multiple (>100) moles. Neonatal blue-light phototherapy was associated with a
significantly higher prevalence of clinically atypical nevi (2 = 4.08; degrees of
freedom = 1; P = .0433 [Statistica 7.1; StatSoft, Inc, Tulsa, OK]). The
prevalence of dysplastic nevi was 19.1% in the untreated group and 25.2% in the
treated group. Blue-light phototherapy resulted in a relative risk of 1.32 for the
development of dysplastic nevus (odds ratio: 1.43; 95% confidence interval:
1.010–2.026). "
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warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
_http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/_
(http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/)
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