Research - KellyMom.com https://kellymom.com/tag/research/ Breastfeeding and Parenting Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:21:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 https://kellymom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/kellymom_badge128-65x65.jpg Research - KellyMom.com https://kellymom.com/tag/research/ 32 32 AAP Policy Statement—Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborns https://kellymom.com/blog-post/aap-policy-statement-hospital-stay-for-healthy-term-newborns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aap-policy-statement-hospital-stay-for-healthy-term-newborns https://kellymom.com/blog-post/aap-policy-statement-hospital-stay-for-healthy-term-newborns/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:53:34 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=517 From February, in case you haven’t seen it… AAP Policy Statement—Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborns (PDF file; Feb 2010) …all efforts should be made to keep mothers and infants together to promote simultaneous discharge… …the breastfeeding mother and infant should be assessed by trained staff regarding breastfeeding position, latch-on, and adequacy of swallowing)…

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/aap-policy-statement-hospital-stay-for-healthy-term-newborns/feed/ 0 Great posts on finding & evaluating research… https://kellymom.com/blog-post/great-posts-on-finding-evaluating-research/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-posts-on-finding-evaluating-research https://kellymom.com/blog-post/great-posts-on-finding-evaluating-research/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:53:10 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=515 I just ran across some lovely blog posts by Andrea Lythgoe at Science & Sensibility (a research blog from Lamaze International) on finding and evaluating research. She wrote a series on Tracking Down Studies, and is currently continuing her series on Becoming a Critical Reader (the post at the top of the page is the […]

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/great-posts-on-finding-evaluating-research/feed/ 0 Does breastfeeding prevent postpartum depression? https://kellymom.com/blog-post/does-breastfeeding-prevent-postpartum-depression/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-breastfeeding-prevent-postpartum-depression https://kellymom.com/blog-post/does-breastfeeding-prevent-postpartum-depression/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:09:06 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=513 This article on the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine blog explores the research that has been done on breastfeeding and PPD… Does breastfeeding prevent postpartum depression? It would be great if the answer were an unequivocal “Yes!” Postpartum depression, or PPD, is one of the most common complication of childbirth, affecting about 1 in 10 new moms, […]

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/does-breastfeeding-prevent-postpartum-depression/feed/ 0 Substance in breastmilk & coconut oil used to treat acne https://kellymom.com/blog-post/substance-in-breastmilk-coconut-oil-used-to-treat-acne/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=substance-in-breastmilk-coconut-oil-used-to-treat-acne https://kellymom.com/blog-post/substance-in-breastmilk-coconut-oil-used-to-treat-acne/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:32:51 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=508 Treat Acne With Coconut Oil and Nano-Bombs A natural product found in both coconut oil and human breast milk — lauric acid — shines as a possible new acne treatment thanks to a bioengineering graduate student from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/substance-in-breastmilk-coconut-oil-used-to-treat-acne/feed/ 0 Substance in breastmilk kills cancer cells https://kellymom.com/blog-post/substance-in-breastmilk-kills-cancer-cells/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=substance-in-breastmilk-kills-cancer-cells https://kellymom.com/blog-post/substance-in-breastmilk-kills-cancer-cells/#respond Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:13:37 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=500 We’ve known about this for some time (looks like the first paper was published in 1995) but it’s always amazing to read about. Substance in breast milk kills cancer cells A substance found in breast milk can kill cancer cells, reveal studies carried out by researchers at Lund University and the University of Gothenburg. Although […]

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/substance-in-breastmilk-kills-cancer-cells/feed/ 0 Does your DR know? https://kellymom.com/blog-post/does-your-dr-know/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-your-dr-know https://kellymom.com/blog-post/does-your-dr-know/#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:39:40 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=464 Does your DR know about LACTMED and Hale’s “Medications and Mothers’ Milk”  (or other good sources of info on medications and breastfeeding)? Jayawickrama HS, Amir LH, Pirotta MV. GPs’ decision-making when prescribing medicines for breastfeeding women: Content analysis of a survey. BMC Res Notes. 2010 Mar 23;3(1):82. [Epub ahead of print]

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/does-your-dr-know/feed/ 0 Internet child health advice ‘wrong’ https://kellymom.com/blog-post/internet-child-health-advice-wrong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=internet-child-health-advice-wrong https://kellymom.com/blog-post/internet-child-health-advice-wrong/#respond Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:08:28 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=447 Internet child health advice ‘wrong’ Typing your child’s medical problem into Google is unlikely to deliver much in the way of good advice, UK researchers have said. Here’s the study: Scullard P, Peacock C, Davies P. Googling children’s health: reliability of medical advice on the internet. Arch Dis Child. 2010 Apr 6.

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/internet-child-health-advice-wrong/feed/ 0 An interesting animal study related to breastfeeding and allergies… https://kellymom.com/blog-post/an-interesting-animal-study-related-to-breastfeeding-and-allergies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-interesting-animal-study-related-to-breastfeeding-and-allergies https://kellymom.com/blog-post/an-interesting-animal-study-related-to-breastfeeding-and-allergies/#respond Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:00:47 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=428 Breastmilk “teaches” immune system to ward off allergens in mice. A new study in mice shows that exposure to an allergen through breast milk can actively program a pup’s immune system to prevent asthma later in life. Exposure to both the allergen and a specific immune factor passed on through the milk by the mother […]

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/an-interesting-animal-study-related-to-breastfeeding-and-allergies/feed/ 0 What about the maternal health impact of suboptimal breastfeeding? https://kellymom.com/blog-post/what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding https://kellymom.com/blog-post/what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding/#respond Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:36:00 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=416 An analysis that is missing half the equation I was pleased to see Melissa Bartick’s effort to appraise US policy-makers of the economic costs of suboptimal breastfeeding. However, any analysis that is missing the effects of lactation on maternal health will grossly underestimate the true costs to the US of suboptimal breastfeeding.

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]]> https://kellymom.com/blog-post/what-about-the-maternal-health-impact-of-suboptimal-breastfeeding/feed/ 0 New Jaundice Protocol from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine https://kellymom.com/blog-post/new-jaundice-protocol-from-the-academy-of-breastfeeding-medicine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-jaundice-protocol-from-the-academy-of-breastfeeding-medicine https://kellymom.com/blog-post/new-jaundice-protocol-from-the-academy-of-breastfeeding-medicine/#respond Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:38:53 +0000 http://kellymom.com/blog/?p=410 The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has published their new guideline on newborn jaundice… ABM Clinical Protocol #22: Guidelines for Management of Jaundice in the Breastfeeding Infant Equal to or Greater Than 35 Weeks’ Gestation Here is the entire list of ABM Protocols: http://www.bfmed.org/Resources/Protocols.aspx

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