worldwide boost in breast feeding could save 800,000 lives: study /

Published at 2016-01-29 02:37:11

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THURSDAY,Jan. 28, 2016 (HealthDay News) — whether nearly all women worldwide breast-fed their infants and young children, or there would be about 800000 fewer children’s deaths and 20000 fewer breast cancer deaths a year,researchers report.
That decrease in children’s deaths is equivalent to 13 percent of all deaths in children younger than 2 years of [...]

Source: health.com