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Showing 1 to 20 of 116 for “"breast milk"”.
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Microwave sterilization of breast milk infected with the AIDS virus
The AIDS virus has been identified in breast milk which is donated by expectant and recently delivered mothers in maternity hospitals). In maternity hospitals, where the facilities exist for the treatment of pre-term infants, breast milk is collected from mothers premature even those who have not …
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Maternal nutrition, breast milk micronutrients and infant growth in rural Gambia
Maternal nutrition, breast milk micronutrients and infant growth in rural Gambia The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of an infant’s life. However, the evidence base to support the adequacy of breast milk with respect to infant micronutrient …
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Milk, meaning and morality : tracing donated breast milk from donor to baby
This thesis follows the trajectory of donated breast milk as it leaves the dyadic mother-child relationship and is reconfigured through a series of transformations as bodily fluid, food, or medicine, depending on its context and the practices and discursive structures that seek to stabilise it as a …
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The role of human breast milk mucus and mucins in HIV-AIDS
Milk molecules such as mucins, antibodies, bactericidal enzymes like lysozymes and fatty acids that lyse bacteria, viral particles and bacterial peptides, offer anti-microbial activity in milk. Despite human breast milk being rich in anti-microbial substances, such as mucin, that protect against …
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The bacteriome and metabolome of human breast milk and their association with infant growth
Human breast milk is a complex species-specific biological fluid universally known as the optimal postnatal source of nutrition for infants and therefore, recommended by the World Health Organization as the exclusive food for infants in the first six months of life. Despite the importance of human …
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The Activity of Breast Milk and Monoclonal HIV-specific Antibodies in Mother-to-Child Transmission
… describes the levels and functional capacity of breast milk HIV-specific antibodies in 19 women with high plasma viral loads. Neutralizing antibodies (Nabs) were detected in breast milk supernatant (BMS) of 4 of 19 women examined, were of low potency and were not associated with infant infection. …
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A Study Of The Effect Of Altitude And Local Biologies Upon Nunoan Breast Milk Content
… and primary source of nutrition for infants, breast milk serves as a reasonable window into adaptive human physiology and human growth differences in physiologically stressed environments. Prior studies in Tibet show a considerable buffering of breast milk composition at high altitude but …
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Enumeration, isolation, identification and probiotic characterisation of lactic acid bacteria from Nigerian human breast milk
… diversity of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in human breast milk, to assess the probiotic potential of the identified LAB, to examine the antimicrobial resistance profile of the LAB and to investigate the possible relationship between the identified bacterial population and diversity with stage of …
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Investigation of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Breast Milk // Изследване на устойчиви органични замърсители в майчино мляко
… of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in human breast milk of women from North-Eastern Bulgaria and to assess the potential health risks. POPs are toxic anthropogenic substances that have proven chemical and biological stability. A total of 77 individual breast milk samples were collected and …
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NEUTRALIZING ACTIVITY AGAINST SARS-COV-2 OF HUMAN BREAST MILK FROM COVID-19 POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LACTATING MOTHERS
L'alimentazione svolge un ruolo fondamentale per la salute umana, soprattutto nella popolazione pediatrica e neonatale. Il latte materno è senza dubbio l'alimento migliore per i neonati, sia per i benefici dovuti al suo contenuto nutrizionale sia per la presenza di numerose sostanze funzionali e …
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Assessing health worker performance in assisting a mother to learn the skills of hand expression of breast milk
Breastfeeding is important in the health of children and their mothers, and expressed milk is particularly important when the infant is ill or unable to breastfeed. Mothers may not receive effective assistance to learn skills of milk expression. This study was undertaken to examine if a …
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Biomonitoring polybrominated diphenyl ethers in lactating women
<p>Breast milk is a valuable biological specimen for biomonitoring lipid-soluble polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The goal of this project was to determine the levels of PBDEs in breast milk of lactating women from the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and to examine potential relationships …
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Exercise and lactational performance : the role of exercise intensity and the timing of an acute exercise bout
… intervals between exercise and feeding, affects breast milk composition, production and lactate concentration. Eight untrained women, whose infants were 6-12 weeks old and exclusively breast-fed, participated in the study. In the first experiment, breast milk volume, macronutrient composition and …
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Factors associated with non-compliance with the code of marketing breast milk substitutes and/or statutory instrument number 48 of 2006 of the laws of Zambia in Kalinjalinga and Chelstone
… with the International Code of Marketing Breast Milk Substitutes (ICMBMS) and/or Statutory Instrument (SI) number 48 of 2006 of the Laws of Zambia by manufacturers and distributors is prevalent posing a challenge to successful breast feeding. The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Code of …
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Separation and purification of mucins and tenascin-C in breast milk of patients and the investigation of the role of mucins and tenascin-C in the inhibition of HIV-1
… or cell-free virus present in the breast milk of an HIV positive mother. Most often, HIV positive mothers choose to breastfeed their infants due to the nutritional and immunological benefits outweighing that of the risk of HIV transmission. Importantly, approximately 85% of infants …
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Donasi bank ASI (Air Susu Ibu) di RSUD Dr. Soetomo Surabaya dalam perspektif hukum Islam
… by their mother particularly to gain sufficient breast milk. Islam recommends mother to breast-feed their babies for two years. according to classical ulama of fiqh, under two year babies have rights to gain breast milk because the breast milk influences the growth of the babies psychologically. …
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Factors associated with provision of mothers' own breast milk for Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) infants on a South African tertiary care neonatal unit
… The maternal struggle to provide adequate breast milk for the infants' nutritional needs disadvantage preterm infants as the outcomes of those exclusively breast milk fed are superior to those fed infant formula. Objectives: To determine the proportion of Mothers' Own breast Milk (MOM) …
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Maternal Immune Markers In Serum During Late Gestation and In Breast Milk and the Risk of Asthma-Like Symptoms At Ages 6 and 12 Months: A Longitudinal Study
<p>Background: The role of breast milk components on childhood asthma is controversial. The aims of this prospective study are to determine the relationship of immune markers in maternal serum during gestation and breast milk to asthma-like symptoms (AS) in infancy, and the association between …
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Knowledge, perceptions and attitude of community members and healthcare workers regarding the donation of breast milk and use of donated human milk (DHM) in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal
Background: Breast milk provides optimal nutrition for infants. Human milk banks allow breast milk feeding for infants who do not have access to their own mother's milk. However, there are variable perceptions and attitudes towards human milk banking. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate community …
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