Breastfeeding reduces mother's risk of ra

Women who breastfeed for longer have a decreased chance of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Researchers compared 136 women with rheumatoid arthritis with 544 women of a similar age. They found that those who had breast fed for longer were much less likely to get RA. Women who had breastfed for 13 months or more were half as likely to get rheumatoid arthritis as those who had never breastfed. ...

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