Sentences with phrase «infants against disease»

A mother's milk contains antibodies that can protect infants against disease.

''... breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants;... it forms a unique biological and emotional basis for the health of both mother and child;... the anti-infective properties of breast milk help to protect infants against disease; and... there is an important relationship between breastfeeding and child spacing».

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36 doses of 10 vaccines before starting kindergarten that protect infants and children against 14 vaccine - preventable diseases

Some of the diseases we vaccinate against can cause brain damage in an unprotected infant.

The AAP continues to support the unequivocal evidence that breastfeeding protects against a variety of diseases and conditions in the infant such as:

However, «The AAP Section on Breastfeeding, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Academy of Family Physicians, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund, and many other health organizations recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life.2, 127 — 130 Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as an infant's consumption of human milk with no supplementation of any type (no water, no juice, no nonhuman milk, and no foods) except for vitamins, minerals, and medications.131 Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to provide improved protection against many diseases and to increase the likelihood of continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

The main indications for breastfeeding are to provide an ideal food for the infant and protect against disease.

How protective is breast feeding against diarrhoeal disease in infants in 1990s England?

Additionally, the mother's immunity obtained by vaccination against tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough and influenza can protect the baby from these diseases, and breastfeeding can reduce fever rate after infant immunization.

Research in the United States, Canada, Europe, and other developed countries, among predominantly middle - class populations, provides strong evidence that human milk feeding decreases the incidence and / or severity of diarrhea,1 - 5 lower respiratory infection,6 - 9 otitis media,3,10 - 14bacteremia, 15,16 bacterial meningitis, 15,17 botulism, 18 urinary tract infection, 19 and necrotizing enterocolitis.20, 21 There are a number of studies that show a possible protective effect of human milk feeding against sudden infant death syndrome,22 - 24insulin - dependent diabetes mellitus,25 - 27 Crohn's disease, 28,29 ulcerative colitis, 29 lymphoma, 30,31 allergic diseases,32 - 34 and other chronic digestive diseases.35 - 37 Breastfeeding has also been related to possible enhancement of cognitive development.38, 39

[21] Breastfeeding triggers biochemical reactions which allows for the enzymes, hormones, growth factors and immunologic substances to effectively defend against infectious diseases for the infant.

DHA and EPA are directly linked to brain, eye and nerve development in infants and toddlers and they also protect against cardiovascular disease.

Breast milk contains some antibodies which will be more helpful for the infants to fight against some infectious diseases.

To protect the infant against illness, breast milk contains antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiprotozoal factors as well as antibodies to many specific disease organisms.

There are many reasons why breast milk is ideal for infants: It's easy to digest, it strengthens a baby's immunity against infection and disease, and it promotes the growth of developing bones and tissue.

Therefore, the composition of immune components in the breast milk of lactating mothers is likely an important factor in whether breast - fed infants are protected against disease.

Breast milk contains multiple factors that modulate and promote the development of the infant immune system, including its potential protective role against allergic disease.

Breast feeding may be more protective against diarrhoeal disease in infants in more deprived areas than in less deprived areas, and in more crowded households than in less crowded households

A healthy infant is less likely to die of SIDS in addition to the diseases that the vaccines are protecting against.

‡ 2,127 — 130 Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as an infant's consumption of human milk with no supplementation of any type (no water, no juice, no nonhuman milk, and no foods) except for vitamins, minerals, and medications.131 Exclusive breastfeeding has been shown to provide improved protection against many diseases and to increase the likelihood of continued breastfeeding for at least the first year of life.

Through continued study, breastmilk has been shown repeatedly to have a wide array of effectiveness against disease - causing agents and lead to an overall positive immunological effect on the health and well being of the infant and mother.

Based on the most current evidence base for practice, it includes four new chapters: * Normal Infant Behavior * Change Management * Developing and Managing a Hospital Lactation Service * Nutrition for the Breastfeeding Child New to this edition are figures of breast anatomy and infant suckling and sections on mentoring future lactation consultants, protecting against chronic disease for the lactating mother, and breastfeeding late preterm inInfant Behavior * Change Management * Developing and Managing a Hospital Lactation Service * Nutrition for the Breastfeeding Child New to this edition are figures of breast anatomy and infant suckling and sections on mentoring future lactation consultants, protecting against chronic disease for the lactating mother, and breastfeeding late preterm ininfant suckling and sections on mentoring future lactation consultants, protecting against chronic disease for the lactating mother, and breastfeeding late preterm infants.

Physiologic sleep studies have found that breastfed infants are more easily aroused from sleep than their formula - fed counterparts.247, 248 In addition, breastfeeding results in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.249

Evidence for protection by breast - feeding against infant deaths from infectious diseases in Brazil.

In the present study, we showed that breast - feeding had an independent protective effect against celiac disease if the infants were breast - fed at the time when gluten - containing foods were introduced.

Breast milk may «provide several tiers of active defense against the common diseases of infants, including diarrhea,» say investigators at Harvard Medical School in Boston, the Instituto Nacional de Nutricion in Mexico City, and elsewhere.

Studies have shown that infants who are breastfed are less likely to develop diarrheal diseases, ear infections and asthma, and that breastfeeding can protect the mother against breast, cervical and endometrial cancer.

In a recent trip to Kaula Bandar slum in Mumbai, India, Subbaraman's team found just 29 per cent of infants were vaccinated against common diseases, despite there being a free vaccination centre within walking distance.

A team led by Ron Dagan, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Soroka University Medical Center in Beer - Sheva, Israel, wanted to know if a new pneumococcal vaccine based on tetanus toxoid would change infants» immune responses to the standard regimen of vaccines, including those for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP), and Haemophilus influenzae type B, which protects against meningitis.

Although incidence of HIV among infants is decreasing in South Africa due to improved prevention of the mother - to - child HIV transmission and the use of anti-retrovirals, a large number of HIV - exposed yet uninfected children remain, for whom vaccination against pneumococcal disease may be of particular importance to ensuring reduced risk of life - threatening infections in childhood.

«Consistent with other vaccines against meningococcal disease, a waning of hSBA titres was observed after infant vaccination with 4CMenB.

The method, described in the January issue of Nature Medicine, could be of great value in providing better protection to infants and AIDS patients against life - threatening diseases such as pneumonia and meningitis.

«Currently, there is a lot of focus on the use of antibodies transferred passively or through a vaccine to prevent infection in infants, however this study cautions against that and suggests that broadly neutralizing antibodies may actually aid in enhancing transmission from mother to child,» added Sagar, an attending physician in infectious diseases at Boston Medical Center.

In contrast to feeding artificial infant formula, only human milk allows appropriate metabolic programming and protects against diseases of civilization in later life.

Besides that about 50 % of US adults are against expensive carbon mitigation schemes and while only a vanishingly small number give a fig about any tenuous connection between Autism and infant vaccinations for childhood diseases.

Women who breastfeed have a reduced risk for developing osteoporosis, breast and ovarian cancers and type 2 diabetes, among other health benefits... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently advising mothers to protect infants against the swine flu outbreak by breastfeeding and states that one of the «best things» mothers can do for babies who become ill is to continue to breastfeed.

Among other benefits, breastfeeding: stimulates the release of the hormone oxytocin in the mother's body promoting bonding between mother and baby; satisfies baby's emotional needs; provides superior nutrition; helps prevent maternal breast cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer and osteoporosis; helps prevent future breast cancer in infant girls; promotes higher infant IQ; helps pass baby's meconium; provides immunization against disease; is more digestible than formula; aids in mother's post-partum physical recovery; helps protect the infant from Crohn's disease, juvenile diabetes, allergies, asthma, SIDS, hemophilus b. virus, cardopulmonary distress, ulcerative colitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and other medical problems; enhances vaccine effectiveness, and is a natural contraceptive.