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Breast-Feeding Reduces Risk for Multiple Sclerosis Relapses

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June 8, 2009 — Study results are now published suggesting that women with multiple sclerosis (MS) may reduce their risk for relapses after pregnancy by breast-feeding. “Our findings call into question the benefit of choosing not to breast-feed or stopping breast-feeding early to start taking MS therapies,” lead author Annette Langer-Gould, MD, from Stanford University, in California, said in a news release.

The findings are published online June 8 and are scheduled to appear in the August issue of the Archives of Neurology. First presented at the American Academy of Neurology 61st Annual Meeting, in Seattle, Washington, the authors anticipated that the study would raise some eyebrows.

“This is controversial,” Dr. Langer-Gould told Medscape Neurology before the April meeting. For nearly a decade, many physicians have encouraged MS patients to restart medication as quickly as possible after pregnancy, and many women have chosen not to breast-feed their babies for this reason.

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