Dioxin Linked to Breast Feeding Ills.

Dioxin exposure during pregnancy can harm fast-changing breast tissue cells and that may cause some women to have trouble breast feeding, U.S. researchers said.

Breast Feeding ‘cuts Cancer Risk in Mothers.’

Mothers who spend a year breastfeeding are almost five per cent less likely to develop breast cancer, an expert claims today.

Moving to the UK Worsens Maternal Health Behaviors

After women immigrate to the UK their maternal health behaviors worsen as their length of residency increases. The longer ethnic minority women live in the UK the more likely they are to smoke during pregnancy or give up breastfeeding early, concludes...