Reuters is carrying this story. :-( > Breastfeeding May Increase Risk of Asthma- Doctors > > > ‹ LONDON (Reuters) - Breastfeeding is the best nutrition for babies and helps > to reduce the risk of childhood infections, but scientists said on Friday it > might actually increase the risk of asthma and allergies. > > Canadian and New Zealand researchers found that infants fed naturally for more > than four weeks were about twice as likely as bottle-fed babies to develop > asthma or allergies. > > "Breastfeeding does not protect children against atopy (allergy) and asthma > and may even increase the risk," Malcolm Sears, of McMaster University in > Canada, said. > > The findings, reported in The Lancet medical journal, contradict earlier > studies that showed beneficial effects against allergies from breastfeeding > for four months or longer. <snip> http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20020919_650.html *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html