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breast milk Etymology: AS, braest + meoluc human milk, nursing considerations: The nurse should counsel mothers that it is easily digested, clean, and warm and that it confers some immunities (bronchiolitis and gastroenteritis are rare in breastfed babies). Infants fed breast milk are less likely to become obese, become constipated, and to have dental malocclusion. Compare colostrum. See also breastfeeding. breast milk Neonatology Human milk is similar to cow milk in the water content–88%, specific gravity, 1.030, fat content–3.5%, energy value–0.67 kcal/ml and type of sugar—lactose. See Breast-feeding, La Leche League;
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The immunologist had logged hundreds of lab hours documenting ways in which human milk helps babies fight infections. Human milk also provides antibodies against many common respiratory and intestinal diseases. We grouped human milk samples into third postpartum day smoker and nonsmoker mother groups, with 42 and 40 samples per group, respectively, and into 10th postpartum day smoker and nonsmoker mother groups, with 42 and 40 samples per group, respectively. |
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