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Article: Research from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has provided new information about pediatrics.
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- Pediatrics Week
- Article date:
- April 25, 2009
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According to recent research from the United States, "The effect of feeding method on stress hormone levels in infants is unknown."
"We studied infants from birth to I year and found salivary cortisol 40% higher in breast-fed infants compared with formula-fed infants," wrote Y. Cao and colleagues, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
The researchers concluded: "The higher cortisol levels among breast-fed children may be involved in the analgesic effect of breastfeeding. (J Pediatr 2009;154:452-4)'."
Cao and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Pediatrics (Are Breast-fed Infants More Resilient? Feeding Method and ...