Sentences with phrase «mothers chances of breast cancer»

And because co-sleeping in the form of bedsharing makes breastfeeding easier for mothers, it encourages them to breastfeed for a greater number of months, according to Dr. Helen Ball's studies at the University of Durham, therein potentially reducing the mothers chances of breast cancer.

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Mothers are also in a lesser chance of developing certain types of cancers like breast cancer and ovarian cancer because of giving birth and breastfeeding.

The mother has a lesser chance of developing breast and ovarian cancer, and is probably protected against osteoporosis.

For the nursing mother, benefits include a lower risk of diabetes for mothers not diagnosed with gestational diabetes, a lower chance of arthritis, and breast and ovarian cancers.

Breastfeeding is also said to reduce the chances of a mother getting breast and ovarian cancer later in life.

Additionally, mothers who breastfeed have a lower chance of developing breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and osteoporosis.

A 1995 Swedish study found that women born to mothers age 45 or older had a slightly higher chance of developing breast cancer than women born to younger mothers.

Studies also show numerous benefits to the mother, including decreased risk of cancers (breast, ovarian, cervical, endometrial), lower incidence of postpartum depression, and reduced chance of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.