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Longer term breast feeding protects mother from risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis

Breast feeding for a period of 13 months or more has been shown to reduce the mother's the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, according to new data presented today at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain. In the study, the longer the breast feeding period, the lower the mother's risk of developing RA in later life. Comparable use of oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy did not show a significant effect on the risk of developing RA.

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