A species of worm-like amphibian has been caught on camera feeding milk to its young. The creature, known as a caecilian, lives underground. Researchers believe that the animal developed the ability ...

The Will County Health Department opened a milk depot Friday, where healthy, lactating women can drop off breast milk that will be donated to premature and medically fragile babies in hospitals ...

Breast milk produced by men who transitioned to women is as good for babies as milk from a genetic female, according to British health officials — sparking outrage from critics questioning the science ...

IN A TALK she gave in 2016, Katie Hinde, a biologist from Arizona State University, lamented how little scientific attention was commanded by breast milk. Up until that point, she said, both wine and ...

A major study has found that babies born between eight to ten weeks early can be fed with milk through a tube in their stomach straight after birth rather than being given intravenous feeds through a ...

New device can give peace of mind and reduce anxiety for breastfeeding moms. It uses bioimpedance, which is currently used to measure body fat, and streams clinical-grade data to a smartphone or ...

Each year, the Mother’s Milk Bank inside of WakeMed Cary Hospital dispenses about 250,000 donated breast milk to NICUs throughout the state and southeast region. Kristen Johnson The News & Observer JC ...

Breast milk is the first "super food" for many babies. Full of vitamins, minerals, and other bioactive compounds, it helps build the young immune system and is widely considered the optimal source of ...

When you’re preparing to become a parent, you know that hearing your baby cry will be part of the experience. What you may not be ready for is hours and hours of crying that can’t be soothed in the ...

DE PERE, Wis. (WBAY) - A new milk depot is open in De Pere. It’s a place for moms to donate extra breast milk for babies with health problems. “With babies and infants, breast milk is the most ...

This story is part of a series, “Fighting ‘Forever Chemicals’: Women face pervasive PFAS risks.” For decades, physicians and scientists have touted breast milk as liquid gold for its immunological ...

Crying is the primary method that babies express their wants. While crying is perfectly normal for babies, many nighttime ...