ANALYSIS BREASTFEEDING: Scientists Prove What Women Have Always Known: Breast Is Best ; Research Provides Conclusive Proof That Childbirth and Breastfeeding Offer Protection from the Most Common Form of Cancer in Women

Duckworth, Lorna, The Independent (London, England)

AS FAR back as three centuries ago, scientists linked higher rates of breast cancer among some women to childlessness and their inability to use their breasts as nature intended.

In the early 1700s, the Italian Bernardino Ramazzini, the father of occupational medicine, noticed that nuns in Padua had a much higher rate of breast cancer, which he attributed to their lack of child-bearing.

And research published today finally provides conclusive evidence that childbirth and breastfeeding offer substantial protection against the most common form of cancer among women in the UK.

The research was welcomed by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) as a milestone …

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Publication information: Article title: ANALYSIS BREASTFEEDING: Scientists Prove What Women Have Always Known: Breast Is Best ; Research Provides Conclusive Proof That Childbirth and Breastfeeding Offer Protection from the Most Common Form of Cancer in Women. Contributors: Duckworth, Lorna - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: July 19, 2002. Page number: 13. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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