Breastfeeding may cut heart attack, stroke risk in mothers : study

A study claims that, breastfeeding is not only healthy for the baby, but also reduces the mother’s risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke later in life. Among mothers who breastfed each of their babies for two years or more, heart disease risk was 18 per cent lower and stroke risk was 17 per cent lower than among mothers who never breastfed, researchers said. Breastfeeding is not only healthy for the baby, but also reduces the mother’s risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke later in life, a…

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