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New science reveals the best way to take a pill
Posture determined as much as 83% of how quickly a pill disperses into the intestines.
Opinion
Where a child eats breakfast is important
“Skipping breakfast and eating breakfast out of the home were linked to greater odds of psychosocial behavioral problems than eating breakfast at...
Conference Coverage
Low-protein Nordic diet promotes healthy eating in infants
Infants who tried fruits, berries, and root vegetables early were more likely to consume fruits and vegetables at 18 months.
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Introduce allergens early, say French allergists
For all newborns, regardless of whether they have a history of atopic or nonatopic dermatitis, food diversification is now recommended from 4...
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Milk allergy frequently overdiagnosed
“Proper diagnosis can ... reduce unnecessary financial strain of specialty formulas, stress to the family regarding feedings, and a restrictive...
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Food allergy test breakthrough: Less risk, more useful results
The results give hope to those with food allergies that tomorrow’s gold-standard test will require only a blood sample without an emergency team...
Commentary
Informal human-milk donation: How to counsel patients
I believe that medical professionals have a responsibility to raise awareness and dispel myths about donor breast milk.
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FDA allows import of 2 million cans of baby formula from U.K.
The FDA announced that Abbott Nutrition will release about 300,000 cans of its EleCare specialty amino acid-based formula to families needing...
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Food allergy risk not greater in C-section infants
"This study is helpful because in addition to blood and skin tests, it also used food challenge, which is the gold standard."
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FDA working to improve U.S. baby formula supply
“Some industries are very good at ramping up and ramping down. Baby formula is not that type of a product.”