Mother’s Milk May Protect Against Childhood Food Allergies
Emerging scientific evidence continues to highlight the protective benefits of breastfeeding, with recent findings indicating that infants who receive breast milk may have a lower risk of developing food allergies later in childhood. According to research reported in the Guam Pacific Daily News, bioactive components in human milk appear to help the developing immune system…
Study Finds Uranium in Breast Milk of Mothers in Bihar
In a deeply concerning study carried out by the Mahavir Cancer Sansthan in Patna and AIIMS-New Delhi, researchers detected uranium in breast milk samples from mothers in six districts of Bihar — namely Bhojpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Katihar, and Nalanda. The mothers in the study, aged between 17 and 35, showed uranium (U-238) in every…
Breastfeeding women’s network donates over 6,800 litres of milk to T.N. govt. hospitals in three years
A network of breastfeeding mothers donated over 6,800 litres of milk to human milk banks functioning in government hospitals across Tamil Nadu from 2021 to 2023. Amirtham Breast Milk Donation, a voluntary non-governmental organisation that had its humble beginning in 2017, has become the key donor to government-run human milk banks. In 2023, members of…
Breast milk bank ATM opened at private hospital in Coimbatore
A mother’s breast milk bank ATM was opened at Sri Ramakrishna Rural Health Center at Pachapalayam in Coimbatore on Sunday to encourage lactating mothers to provide their milk to infants in need of it. A release said the facility, which functions round the clock, will be a convenient and secure platform for lactating mothers to…
Depriving baby of mom’s milk amounts to culpable homicide’
Observing that kidnapping a newborn and keeping the infant away from mother’s milk is akin to “depriving the child of oxygen”, and thereby proves charges of culpable homicide, the Thane sessions court convicted and sentenced a couple and one other person to 5.6 years of rigorous imprisonment. The court was hearing a 2018 case of abduction of…
Microplastics found in breast milk: What experts have to say
Recent research has uncovered the presence of microplastics in breast milk. Ingestion through contaminated food, water and even airborne particles are possible ways of how microplastics find their way into breast milk. Breast milk, often referred to as “liquid gold,” has long been celebrated for its essential nutrients and protective properties for infants. However, recent…
EXOSOMM Looks to the Benefits of Mother’s Milk
BioFoodTech start-up EXOSOMM, Ltd., has explored the natural mechanisms inherent in human breastmilk to create a novel bioactive ingredient that can potentially support millions of adults with inflammatory disorders. Based on its scientific findings EXOSOMM developed an innovative technology that isolates exosomes—natural particles in maternal milk that play an important role in the healthy development…
A true dairyman is gifted with virtues of a mother so why adulterate milk ?
Diwali will be in its true elements after two years . The lights of happiness and joy are covering the darkness of pain and despair. Hope is a new certainty. The pain and despair of the pandemic is just fading out. Corona has made all of us a better human being. We have become more…