Breast-feeding promotes wound healing 12 November 2003 HELEN R. PILCHER http://www.nature.com/news/2003/031110/full/news031110-11.html Excerpt: Breast-feeding may help the scars of childbirth fade. Lactation speeds wound healing and lowers stress in rats, researchers told this week's Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. "It's quite possible that mothers who breast-feed their newborns will have accelerated healing of tissue damage compared with mothers who bottle-feed," says Tara Craft from Ohio State University in Columbus, who studied the rats. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome