There are several pertinent BF-related in the new July Pediatrics -- one of which is the bedwetting and BF research report. The bedwetting article is text only and requires a subscription to Peds, but the abstract is below. A couple of others are e-articles and links to pdf & text versions are included after the abstract... KKG
PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 1 July 2006, pp. 254-259 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-2738)
Breastfeeding During Infancy May Protect Against Bed-wetting During Childhood
Joseph G. Barone, MD, Ranjith Ramasamy, BS, Andrew Farkas, MD, PhD, Emanuel Lerner, MD, Eileen Creenan, RN, Dawn Salmon, RN, Jessica Tranchell, BA and Dona Schneider, PhD
OBJECTIVE. Our goal was to test the hypothesis that children who exhibit
bed-wetting during childhood were less likely to be breastfed during infancy
compared with normal controls.
METHODS. A case-control study was conducted in a pediatric continence center and a general pediatric practice. Cases (n = 55) were recruited from the continence center and defined as children 5 to 13 years of age who experienced lifetime involuntary voiding of urine during nighttime sleep at least 2 times a week in the absence of defects of the central nervous system or urinary tract. Age- and
gender-matched controls (n = 117) who did not exhibit bed-wetting were enrolled
from a general pediatric practice. Infant feeding practices were measured as
breastfeeding (yes/no) and, for those who were breastfeed, by the duration of
breastfeeding and the time of formula supplementation.
RESULTS. Among the case subjects, 45.5% were breastfed, whereas among the
controls 81.2% were breastfed. The controls reported higher household incomes
than the case subjects, and their mean family size (number of children) was
slightly lower. After adjusting for race, income, and family size, the odds
ratio was 0.283, indicating that case subjects were significantly less likely
than controls to be breastfeed. Among all the study subjects who were breastfed,
controls were breastfed for a significantly longer period than case subjects (an
average of 3 months longer). Although breastfed controls were less likely to be
supplemented with formula than breastfed case subjects, this difference was not
statistically significant.
CONCLUSIONS. Breastfeeding longer than 3 months may protect against bed-wetting during childhood. Breast milk supplemented with formula did not make a
difference in the rate of enuresis.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/118/1/e115
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/1/e115
PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 1 July 2006, pp. e115-e123 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-2382)
Beneficial Effects of Breast Milk in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on the
Developmental Outcome of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants at 18 Months of Age
Betty R. Vohr, MDa, Brenda B. Poindexter, MD, MSb, Anna M. Dusick, MDb, Leslie
T. McKinley, MS, RDa, Linda L. Wright, MDc, John C. Langer, MScd, W. Kenneth
Poole, PhDd for the NICHD Neonatal Research Networka
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/118/1/e92
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/1/e92
PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 1 July 2006, pp. e92-e99 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-1629)
Full Breastfeeding and Hospitalization as a Result of Infections in the First
Year of Life
José María Paricio Talayero, MD, PhDa, Máxima Lizán-García, MD, PhDb, Ángel
Otero Puime, MD, PhDc, María José Benlloch Muncharaz, MDa, Beatriz Beseler Soto, MDa, Marta Sánchez-Palomares, MDa, Luis Santos Serrano, MDa and Leonardo Landa Rivera, MDa
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