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Breast pumps may introduce harmful bacteria to babies’ gut microbiome

13 February 2019

Milk from breast pumps contains more pathogens than milk that is directly breastfed, which may explain why asthma is more common in bottle-fed infants
Young friends can expose you to important microbes

Babies should mix with other children to lower leukaemia risk

21 May 2018

Cancer researcher Mel Greaves has suggested that a lack of exposure to microbes in a baby’s first year can make children more likely to get a form of leukaemia

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