Can Breast-Feeding Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer?
According to a study published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, women at high risk for breast cancer can possibly cut their chance of developing the disease by 59% by nursing their baby for at least three months. Dr. Alison Stuebe of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her team followed over 60,000 women for more than nine years, and found that breast-feeding could possibly offer the same benefits as taking the well known drug tamoxifen to cut down on the risk of breast cancer.
