People with HIV can now breastfeed their babies if they are on effective medications, according to a new report from the American Academy o...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusively breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby's life. But the UK has had the ...

Authors of a Lancet research paper have called for more effective measures worldwide to support breastfeeding and an international treaty t...

With masks and washed hands, skin-to-skin contact won't harm the babies.

Offices also have a general lack of communication about resources available to the mothers.

Breastfeeding also lowers the rate of postpartum depression in women.

In India, ironically, Nearly half the infants under six months are not exclusively breastfed a rate that has not improved substantially in ...

New York, July 16 (IANS) Mothers who breastfeed for at least 15 months over one or more pregnancies may be 53 per cent less likely to devel...

No grown-up will agree to eat in a toilet, so why are mothers expected to nurse their babies in the loo?

According to WHO, 8 lac child lives can be saved every year if infants are properly breastfed,however, globally, less than 40 per cent of i...

Use of a mobile phone app that provides supportive texts and an online community may significantly increase the rate of breastfeeding.

Giving women iodine supplements during pregnancy could boost their children's IQ & result in cost savings worth millions for health care sy...

Breastfeeding practices in India have improved in the past few years but efforts are needed to sustain these and address issues like matern...

Experts said fathers and other family members should also strive towards providing a positive environment to the mothers so that they conti...

The company said in a statement issued on Tuesday that it has launched a series of initiatives coinciding with the 'World Breastfeeding Wee...

The UN has called for better support systems and policies for working mothers to enable them breastfeed their babies as it marked the start...

Extensive research on the benefits of mother's milk has shown that it satisfies babies' nutritional needs far better than any manufactured ...