Health Headline Round-Up
Health Headline Round-Up
Diana Gonzalez reports on breastfeeding, bed sharing, and other health headlines.
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" Breast -- has been shown to reduce the likelihood of childhood obesity ear infections and diabetes but not enough is being done to promote and support it. According to the CDC. Based on a national survey of hospitals. This CDC find left and 4% of hospitals take all available steps to encourage nursing. Those steps include allowing newborns to -- their mothers. Following up with -- after they leave the hospital offering the girls to lactation specialist. And providing formula only when medically necessary. -- Sharing our coast sleeping at the comment that controversial practice children's sleeping in the same bed with their parents. The American academy of pediatrics is against it and child and -- because it might contribute to edit. It can also impact intimacy between mom and -- But how does it affect -- Researchers at teacher's college Columbia University studied a 1000 -- and count toddlers one year older and shared that with their parents. Do you not increased risk for behavioral or learning problems at age five. A hospital in California's one of the first in the nation to surgically implant an artificial heart in an infant as a bridge to transplant. This baby has heart failure in need to donor heart to survive but because she's so young could take three to six months before she can get one. While she -- the Berlin heart and two teaspoons of blood throughout her body with each pop. The device often gets her chance to put on weight and grow stronger increasing her chances that the successful transplant when she does find a donor organ."
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