Unravelling the effect of parity on immunoglobulins, cytokines and adipokines in human transitional milk and their association with infant infections during the first 6 months of life

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Human milk dynamically adapts its composition of immunoglobulins (Igs), cytokines, and other proteins as lactation progresses, influencing the infant’s immune development and protection. Understanding how mate...
Karla Rio-Aige, Cecilia Martínez-Costa, Margarida Castell, María José Rodríguez-Lagunas, María Carmen Collado and Francisco J. Pérez-Cano

Impact of colostrum oropharyngeal immunotherapy on postnatal growth in preterm infants based on early gut microbiota–host interaction patterns: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR), prevalent and severe in very preterm infants (< 32 weeks’ gestation), means discharge growth values (weight, head circumference, or length) are ≤ 10th percentile on the ...
Na Wang, Yan Hu, Weibing Qiu, Min He, Qifeng Zang, Bo Wang, Bin Tang, Hongjuan Zhang, Pingping Ni, Suyue Zhu and Jia Zhang

Validity of an ion selective electrode for measuring human milk sodium and potassium ion levels at point-of-care in lactating mothers with inflammatory breast conditions

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Elevated human milk sodium (Na+) levels and Na+ to potassium (K+) ratios are commonly used in research to define breast inflammation in lactating mothers. Portable Na+ and K+ ion selective electrode probes (IS...
Emma Heron, Ching Tat Lai, Leanda McKenna, Adelle McArdle and Donna Geddes

Effect of a ginger-spiced millet-soya drink and breastfeeding education on prolactin levels and breast milk volumes in postpartum mothers in northern Ghana: a randomized controlled trial

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Exclusive breastfeeding is essential for optimal infant nutrition and health, yet many mothers experience concerns about insufficient milk supply. This study investigated the effects of a ginger-spiced millet-...
Rafatu Tahiru, Mary Amoako and Charles Apprey

The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding programs: applying the Non-adoption, Abandonment, Spread, Scale up, Sustainability (NASSS) health technology adoption framework to analyze challenges to hospital…

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Global uptake of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) and Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (Ten Steps) is low, and sustainability is a challenge. Although both programs are backed by strong eviden...
Andini Pramono, Julie Smith and Jane Desborough

Physicians not in direct contact with breastfeeding: knowledge of the compatibility with diseases and the most prescribed drugs in their specialty

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The lack of breastfeeding training among physicians who indirectly attend to mothers providing this type of feeding to their babies could lead to its inadequate suspension. There are no impactful scientific pu...
Carla Carpena Tamarit, Ana Cornide Carallo, Ana Royuela Vicente and Miguel Ángel Marín Gabriel

A quality improvement intervention to improve medium-term breastfeeding in moderate- and late-preterm infants

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Despite medical advancements, the rate of premature births remains at one in ten babies worldwide. Moderate and late preterm (MLPT, gestational age 32–36 weeks) infants constitute 80% of all preterm births and...
Katarina Berndt, Sabrina Holzapfel, Annika Dietz, Anna Badura, Ines Mack, Stefanie Bruhn, Sabine Stahl, Julia Preßler and Sven Wellmann

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