Flame Retardants: Dangerous chemical now in breast milk - Flame retardant chemicals, which are in household furniture, textiles and electronic equipment, have found their way into human breast milk. Scientis...

Chemicals found in breast milk - Breastfed infants are receiving up to 17 times the tolerable amount of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), according to the Committee on Tox...

Aspirin - An aspirin a day is supposed to keep the heart attack away, and without any nasty side effects. ...

Hiv not passed on through breast milk, says study - HIV positive women are often told not to breastfeed in order to prevent transmission of the virus to their child. However, a new study suggests that t...

Paracetamol: A deadly painkiller, even at the recommended dose - Paracetamol – or acetaminophen as it’s known in the States – is the most widely used painkiller in the world. There’s a pack in most homes, and you c...

Circumcision - My 6 year old son has a foreskin which does not retract. Our doctor has allowed us to just wait and see what happens, but now that he is over 5, wants...

Ms protection from breast milk - Breastfed babies are less likely to develop multiple sclerosis, and could also be better protected in areas of high childhood mortality rates, two stu...

Breastfeeding: lip service only - Despite all the recent findings that underline the benefits of breast milk, health professionals seem to be paying little more than lip service to bre...