Breastfeeding May Reduce Mom's

We all agree with this, and no offense, but this is old news
and has been posted in this newsgroup multiple times.

You must be a newcomer! :-)

Larry,
a bf advocate who has posted some of this
research himself. :-)

amcom writes:
: Breastfeeding May Reduce Mom's
: Breast Cancer Risk
:

: A new study by Yale University researchers suggests that women who breastfeed for at least a year
: may reduce their rate of developing breast cancer by nearly 50 percent, compared to women who never
: breastfed.

: The researchers compared about 500 Connecticut women diagnosed with breast cancer to 500 other women
: the same age who did not have breast cancer. They discovered that the women who breastfed for at
: least 13 months - or had breastfed more than three children - had about half the risk of
: developing breast cancer than the women who had never breastfed.

: The study, which was funded by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of
: Environmental Health, was published in the British Journal of Cancer (2001; 84:1472-1476).

: The same Yale researchers also recently published a study that showed Chinese women who breastfed
: for two years or longer reduced their chances of breast cancer by about 50 percent. Read more about
: that research here.

: Some researchers believe that breastfeeding may help prevent breast cancer because breastfeeding
: suppresses menstrual cycles, or that breastfeeding helps eliminate toxins from the breast. Either
: way, current research is showing that breastfeeding is not only good for babies - but good for moms
: too!

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