Peer reviewed? Yes Evidence type: Systematic review and meta-analysis Subjects: Close contact interventions and preterm infants Close contact intervention between a mother and her premature baby may reduce risk of mortality by almost a third ‘Kangaroo mother care’ seems to reduce the risk of infant mortality by 32% and severe ...
Longer duration of breastfeeding associated with modest gains in academic achievement in teenage years, study suggests Children who are breastfed for longer appear to be more likely to gain slightly better results in their school GSCEs at age 16 compared with non-breastfed children, suggests a study published online in the ...
More than 1 in 6 unvaccinated people report health effects of COVID two years after confirmed infection Study finds 17% did not return to normal health and 18% reported covid-19 related symptoms after 24 months Around 1 in 6 unvaccinated individuals say they are still experiencing health effects of covid-19 ...
