This research report is important - in most current edition re: Stuebe AM et
al (2009). Duration of lactation and incidence of mycardial infarction in
middle to late adulthood. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 200(2),
138-144. Accessed online
http://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(08)02005-X/fulltext
Prospective study as part of The Nurses' Health Study with >89,000 parous
women eligible to be part of the cohort re: reporting lifetime duration of
lactation.
"...In this analysis...we found an inverse association between long duration
of lactation and MI independent of known risk factors for cardiovascular
disease..."

-- 
Karen Gromada
www.karengromada.com/

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