Background: Varying degrees of success have been reported with strategies to increase
milk production when lactation is failing. The objective of this study was to investigate the …

Background: The benefits of breast milk to the newborn infant are well established. The
Canadian Paediatric Society recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life for …

Background Human milk is an important source of bacteria for the developing infant and has
been shown to influence the bacterial composition of the neonate, which in turn can affect …

Background Human milk is an important source of bacteria for the developing infant and
has been shown to influence the bacterial composition of the neonatal gut, which in turn can …

Early breast milk, known as colostrum (“liquid gold”) provides immune benefits to infants,
offering potential risk reduction for nosocomial infection (NI) and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)…

Exclusive breastfeeding is the optimal method of infant feeding for the first 6 months of life
for both term and preterm infants. This recommendation is based on indisputable evidence …

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) is the Achilles’ heel of heart transplantation. An
insidious process of panvascular, fibrointimal proliferation, CAV results in chronic ischemia, …

Shigella spp., the human pathogen responsible for shigellosis, is highly infectious even at
low levels. The incidence rate of shigellosis varies with geographical distribution, location …

Thanks to the great efforts of our reviewers, Journal of Cardiovascular Development and
Disease was able to maintain its standards for the high quality of its published papers. The …

Diarrhea contributes to high morbidity and mortality rates in developing countries. Diarrhea
from all causes is ranked as the fourth cause of death and the second cause of loss of years …