More Girls Than Boys Benefit From Breastfeeding, Research Shows

Monday, June 2, 2008 - 22:14 in Health & Medicine

Challenging the long-standing belief that breast-feeding equally protects all babies against disease, new research suggests that when it comes to respiratory infections, the protective effects of breast milk are higher in girls than in boys.

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