A groundbreaking magazine cover of a woman breastfeeding her baby has divided opinion in India. Underneath, the headline reads: “Mothers tell Kerala — don’t stare! We want to breastfeed.” It is ...

A magazine in the southern Indian state of Kerala has ignited debate over public breastfeeding with a cover that features a Malayali actress with her baby on her bare breast. "Don't stare, we are ...

Breastfeeding offers significant protection against breast and ovarian cancers, a fact often overshadowed by myths in India. Breastfeeding has been a time-honored tradition in India as an epitome of ...

The best way to initiate early breastfeeding is to ensure that hospitals start educating a woman about breastfeeding, from her pregnancy to delivery, said India’s sixth World Breastfeeding Trends ...

A review in Clinical & Experimental Allergy highlights a problematic relationship between the infant formula industry and allergy health professionals. The authors express concern that this could ...

Nearly one lakh children die every year in India due to diseases that could have been prevented through breastfeeding, according to a UN report which said mortality and other losses attributed to ...

Dr (Prof) Sadhana Kala is a USA-trained robotic & laparoscopic surgeon, Uppsala University, Sweden, trained fertility specialist, and ‘National Icon Endoscopic Surgeon' of India. University topper and ...