SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korea–U.S. joint research team has developed the world’s first clinically validated wearable sensor capable of accurately measuring the amount of breast milk consumed by infants during nursing in real time—potentially transforming neonatal care and easing anxiety for new mothers. The study, published May 14 in the journal [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Women in charge of both work and child-rearing are struggling with consistent breastfeeding. A joint research team from Chung-Ang University Hospital and Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong conducted a survey of 175 female employees at a local medical institution who had given birth to a child in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mothers are engaging less in breastfeeding in public locations due to a decreasing number of newborn babies and increasing use of infant formula, experts say. Statistics Korea reported that the number of newborn babies plunged from 438,400 in 2015 to 272,400 last year. The rate of breastfeeding [...]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Coinciding with World Breastfeeding week 2019, Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA), a global leader in health technology and mother and child care, has released new data revealing the important role that partners can play in the breastfeeding process. While breastfeeding naturally remains a mother’s job, breastfeeding mothers do need [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Breastfeeding for just two months lowers the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) by half, a conclusion derived from an analysis of previously published research by a team at the University of Virginia. In total, eight studies with samples of 2,259 infant victims of SIDS and 6,894 healthy babies [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Facing the challenge of a declining birth rate, the lack of support for breastfeeding in South Korea has emerged as a pressing issue, as mothers and health authorities urge the country as a whole to do more to create a nursing-friendly environment. The medical perks of breastfeeding have been [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study by pediatricians at Hallym University Medical Center revealed that mothers who breastfeed their children for at least a year can reduce the risks of adult (or lifestyle) diseases by roughly 30 percent. The study was based on 4,724 women aged 19 to 50 who underwent childbirth, [...]