Young Kids Diagnosed with Depression Can’t Shake It Later, Study Says

New research shows it’s hard for young children to get past depression. Children diagnosed with depression in preschool are likely to continue to be depressed throughout adolescence, according to a new study.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis tracked 246 children ages 3-5 to ages 9-12 and found that depressed preschoolers are 2.5 times more likely to suffer from the condition in elementary and middle school, according to the study published in the July issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry.

Young Kids Diagnosed with Depression Can’t Shake It Later, Study Says

At the beginning of the study, 74 of the children were diagnosed with depression. Six years later, 79 of the children from the larger group had clinical depression, and 51% of the 74 children originally diagnosed were still depressed. By contrast, only 25% of the 172 children who were initially not depressed went on to develop depression during elementary and middle school.

“It’s the same old bad news about depression; it is a chronic and recurrent disorder,” child psychiatrist Joan L. Luby, who directs Washington University’s Early Emotional Development Program, said in a statement. “But the good news is that if we can identify depression early, perhaps we have a window of opportunity to treat it more effectively and potentially change the trajectory of the illness so that it is less likely to be chronic and recurring.”

The researchers also identified some of the factors that put children at a higher risk of becoming depressed: Children with depressed mothers were more likely to become depressed themselves, and children who were diagnosed with a conduct disorder in preschool were more likely to become depressed by middle school (though significant maternal support mitigated the latter risk). But neither of these factors mattered as much as an early depression diagnosis.

Source: TIME

Sugar increases hypertension

All 12 studies in a May, 2014, meta-analysis found that sugar elevates blood pressure. The study called “Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Blood Pressure” was published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

Sugar increases hypertension

Soft drinks easily earn the name “liquid candy,” because they contain an average of 10 teaspoons of sugar per can. Soft drinks are the largest source of added sugar in our diet. These drinks are often cheaper than bottled water and become the liquid of choice for most of the population.

In the U.S., high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is the major source of added sugar in soft drinks. HFCS has only been around since 1975. It’s marketed as a safe and natural fruit sugar — fructose. However, if you watch the Sugar: The Bitter Truth video lecture by Pediatric Endocrinologist Dr. Robert Lustig, you quickly learn that fructose is even more dangerous than table sugar — sucrose.

Drinking liquid candy is associated with obesity, diabetes, heart disease and kidney stones, and now this analysis confirms that it increases the incidence of high blood pressure. I could add the follow effects of sugar: yeast overgrowth, arrhythmia, bowel disease, rashes, lowered immune system and allergies. In my Death by Modern Medicine book, I quote Nancy Appleton’s “146 Reasons Why Sugar is Ruining Your Health,” with references.

Lustig found that, in a large meta-analysis of soft drinks and obesity, 88 studies all show significant association of obesity with increased soft drink consumption. Sugar industry studies showed lesser effects, and they claim that soft drinks do not cause obesity. However, studies limiting consumption of soft drinks in kids show that obesity decreases. Weight gain is another factor associated with high blood pressure

Researchers say they don’t really know how sugar causes high blood pressure, but in the sugar impact study, the authors discuss several theories. Apparently, liquid candy can lower nitric oxide in the body, which causes blood vessels to constrict and blood pressure to rise. Since soft drinks can contain extra salt, they theorize that that may be the cause. They may not know what causes the hypertension, but they do conclude, “On the basis of these studies, there is a suggestion that intake of greater than one serving of sugar-sweetened beverage per day is associated with higher risk of hypertension.”

I have a different theory. Lustig talks about the extra energy used by the liver to metabolize fructose compared with sucrose, but he doesn’t mention magnesium. A fascinating and little-known fact about sugar metabolism is that 28 molecules of magnesium are required to break down one molecule of sucrose, and 56 molecules of magnesium are used up to metabolize one molecule of fructose.

When magnesium is diminished to that extent, the resulting magnesium deficiency can contribute to raising the blood pressure, because magnesium is required to relax the muscles of the body including the smooth muscles of the blood vessels. If there is tension in the smooth muscles of the blood vessels, then the blood pressure rises.

Nitric oxide is mentioned in the blood pressure study and also by Lustig. But nitric oxide is controlled by magnesium. This is what I write in The Magnesium Miracle: “Smooth muscle cells provide integrity and control the dilation of the arterial cavity, triggered by the calcium/magnesium ratio in the body. Calcium causes contraction and magnesium causes relaxation, which together control the blood pressure and flow in the artery. A final messenger for the dilation response is nitric oxide, which is dependent on magnesium.”

What do I recommend? Avoid high-fructose corn syrup, of course. Take supplemental magnesium and also make and take your own Liposomal Vitamin C. Magnesium and vitamin C are the antidotes to a sugar binge! You can go to my Blog to find the recipe for making your own Liposomal Vitamin C and also see my recommendation for the best form of magnesium to take.

Source: natural news

Skip the Steroids for Shoulder Pain?

For relief of shoulder pain, physical therapy and steroid shots provide similar results, a new study finds. Researchers compared the two nonsurgical approaches in a group of 100-plus adults suffering from shoulder pain caused by rotator cuff problems, tendinitis or bursitis.

“Whether you had a steroid injection or physical therapy, the improvement in each group was the same,” said lead researcher Daniel Rhon, from the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Skip the Steroids for Shoulder Pain

“It was also a rather large improvement, about 50 percent, and this improvement was maintained for at least one year,” he said. But the group that received injections used more health care services and had significantly more shoulder-related doctor visits during the year of the study, Rhon said.

“Additional visits to your primary care provider may indicate that you had a persistent problem and were seeking further follow-up,” he said. In addition, 20 percent of those who got injections ended up going to physical therapy anyway, and about 40 percent who got shots needed more than one injection, Rhon said.

“While we don’t know for sure, needing another injection would likely indicate that they still had persistent pain, especially because additional injections were optional,” he said. About one in five in the physical therapy group also got an injection during the year of follow-up, Rhon said.

The findings should reassure patients who prefer to avoid injections. “Some patients really do not like injections, so physical therapy may be a great and effective option,” Rhon said.

The report was published Aug. 4 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Michael Hausman, a professor of orthopedic surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, said the findings “seem contradictory to my experience in practice.”

Most of his patients who opt for physical therapy say their pain got worse with therapy, Hausman said.

“Probably the reason for that was that the therapy involves strengthening exercises, so patients are stressing the tendons that are damaged,” he explained. “It’s not surprising that the therapy would aggravate the symptoms.”

Hausman thinks that steroid injections work and should be part of treatment if physical therapy isn’t enough. “If the joint is stiff, you should do stretching exercises to restore full motion. You should avoid exercises that put a strain on the rotator cuff tendon,” he said. “If the symptoms persist and limit activity, then I would recommend a steroid injection with a maximum of two injections.”

Shoulder pain is a very common condition, and treatment decisions aren’t uniform, said Dr. Michael Mizhiritsky, a physiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. “An accurate diagnosis needs to be established before initiating treatment. An experienced physician needs to evaluate a patient and consider diagnostic tests, such as X-ray and MRI,” he said. “Only then should treatment begin.”

Treatment should include physical therapy, Mizhiritsky said. “Steroid injections should be considered either before starting physical therapy or anytime there is no significant timely improvement, and a home exercise program needs to be followed,” he added.

For the study, Rhon’s team randomly assigned 104 patients with shoulder pain between the ages of 18 and 65 to receive steroid injections or six sessions of physical therapy over six weeks. Participants reported on their pain throughout the study.

During the year of the study, those receiving steroids could have as many as three injections.

Physical therapy included a combination of joint and soft-tissue manipulations, stretches, muscle contraction-relaxation techniques and exercises to promote movement in the shoulder, chest or neck. These patients also were given exercises they could do at home that reinforced the therapy.

Source: web md

Parents admit to dosing errors when giving kids medication

Common household spoons are often used when parents give kids a dose of medication, but a new study suggests there’s a real danger to estimating amounts of prescription, or over the counter products.

Dr. Michael Rieder is chair of the drug therapy committee forthe Canadian Pediatric Society and director of pediatric pharmacology at the Children’s Hospital in London at the University of Western Ontario.Parents admit to dosing errors when giving kids medication

“The volume in that teaspoon ranges from 3.5 to 7.5 millilitres probably,” he said. “If you’re making a banana cream pie, that might not be a big deal, but if you’re treating with a medication it might be quite a big deal.”

A recent study done out of two medical centres in New York has found that parents frequently make dosing errors when giving medication to children. In fact, more than 40 per cent of the 287 parents interviewed for the research didn’t measure it correctly. And one out of six of those parents used spoons out of their kitchen drawer.

“In the United States, where the study was done, it shows if you use millilitres, which is not a commonly used measurement, it actually reduces dosing errors,” Rieder explained.

“In countries like Canada, where the metric system is well established, it suggests that maybe we should stop talking about teaspoons and tablespoons and go straight to millilitres as a way to reduce the potential for dosing errors for commonly used medicine in children.”

Rieder says prescribing medications in millilitres rather than teaspoons forces caregivers to be more precise.

“Drugs are safe and effective within certain doses. Usually if you don’t give enough they don’t work, if you give too much they can be toxic. So it addresses a really important issue of dosing errors,” he said.

For parents, the need for over-the-counter medications often arises at night, in low light, when parents have been woken up or been up late with a sick kid. But they’re not the only ones making these mistakes.

Rieder says a study in pediatric emergency medicine done a few years ago found the highest rate of dosing errors happened when the fewest number of patients were there.

“When is that? It’s three in the morning,” he said. “So if you look at emergency personnel, trained medical personnel, their error rate is highest in the wee small hours of the morning when people are tired. So it shouldn’t really surprise anybody parents have those same circumstances.”

Rieder says the consequences of giving too much medication depends on the drug in question. Anti-seizure medications, for example, don’t have much of a margin for error. And though using a spoon one night for a single dose of a painkiller likely isn’t a huge issue, parents need to be aware of a cumulative effect.

“There’s a disturbing thing with drugs like Tylenol, acetaminophen,” Rieder said. “There’s a couple disturbing papers which suggested that a relatively small overdose, over a period of several days can result in liver damage. If you think about a child who’s got a viral infection, some children are better in 24 hours, but often, especially during flu season, they’re often sick for three, four days. So under those circumstances, there’s a certain number of children that get toxicity from small but sustained doses.”

Rieder says companies in Europe are looking at alternatives, like mini capsules and formulations that melt on the tongue and require no measuring.

Manufacturers also do their part, bundling droppers into infant products. But since many of the medications are bought off the shelf without any interaction with a medical professional, it really comes down to parents being willing to take that extra step, and put away the spoon.

“A teaspoon is an intangible amount. Five millilitres is a very real number,” he said.

Various pediatric groups and health-care product associations in the U.S. are starting to recommend prescriptions and package instructions be written in millilitres to ensure clarity.

Source: cbc news

New Ebola Treatment Tried on Americans Uses an Old Idea

The experimental treatment given to two American patients infected with the Ebola virus has its roots in a therapy devised more than 100 years ago — serum.

New Ebola Treatment Tried on Americans Uses an Old Idea

Back in the late 1800s doctors discovered they could sometimes save patients suffering from deadly diseases, like diphtheria and tetanus, by injecting them with serum derived from the blood of people who had somehow been able to fight off infections with those bugs on their own.

The process has modernized to be sure. ZMapp, the treatment given to Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol after they were infected while treating patients at a missionary clinic in Liberia, is made of three “humanized” mouse monoclonal antibodies, immune system proteins grown in genetically engineered tobacco plants that can home in specifically on a microbe.

But the concept stems from early treatments with serum, the clear yellowish fluid left over once red and white blood cells and platelets have been removed. It is rich in antibodies, basically holding a history of every disease that the donor has been infected with and overcome.

While the initial serum donors were human, scientists soon discovered that they could cure a variety of infections with sera from animals, especially horses. If you see photos of pharmaceutical companies earlier in the century you’d see that they were located on farms, says Dr. Arturo Casadevall, professor and chair of the department of microbiology and immunology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

Eventually antibiotics and vaccines displaced sera as therapies for many diseases, Casadevall says. But in cases where there was no other treatment, serum was still necessary. In fact, serum treatments are still used for rabies, Casadevall says.

In a new twist on an old therapy, scientists in the ’70s started isolating specific antibodies to neutralize diseases. And often there wasn’t just one antibody per disease, since antibodies can be targeted to different spots on a virus or bacterium. So three or four completely different antibodies might be aimed at destroying a particular disease.

Antibodies are made when the scout cells of the immune system — human or animal — spot a foreign substance. After gobbling the invader up, these cells break it into pieces and then drag the pieces off to the immune system’s main army so it can mount a defense against the perceived threat.

Once those antibodies have been found, scientists next have to find the specific immune cells that made them, says Kelly Stefano Cole, an associate professor of immunology and associate director of the University of Pittsburgh Center For Vaccine Research’s Regional Biocontainment Laboratory.

Scientists then turn the immune cells into little factories — often by combining them with special cancer cells. The combination makes the immune cells immortal and also dramatically boosts their ability to produce antibodies, Cole says.

While a lot of the monoclonal antibodies come from humans, some still come from animals, including mice, Casadevall says. In fact, mice don’t need to even get the disease in order to mount an immune response, which includes the manufacture of antibodies against it, he adds.

Rheumatic diseases are routinely treated with monoclonals, and a monoclonal that neutralizes IgE is used in severe asthma.

“Infectious disease is where antibody treatments were pioneered,” Casadevall said. “But now there are dozens of monoclonals licensed for use in cancer. It’s had an enormous impact on cancer over the last 15 years since it was introduced. It’s been effective in the treatment of breast cancer and colon cancer.”

Why the two Americans were chosen for this treatment, while many others are sick with Ebola in Africa, was unclear.

“While the FDA cannot comment on the development of specific medical products, it’s important to note that every FDA regulatory decision is based on a risk-benefit assessment that includes the context of use for the product and the patient population being studied,” said Stephanie Yao, a spokesperson for the FDA

Source: nbc news

Daily aspirin ‘cuts bowel and stomach cancer deaths’

Taking aspirin every day can reduce the chance of developing or dying from bowel and stomach cancers, a review of all available evidence suggests. And scientists predict if everyone aged 50 and above in the UK took the drug for 10 years, some 122,000 deaths could be prevented over two decades.

Daily aspirin 'cuts bowel and stomach cancer deaths'

But they warn aspirin can cause internal bleeding and say medical advice must be sought before using it. The Queen Mary University of London report is in the Annals of Oncology.

Weighing up benefits
Scientists examined some 200 studies investigating the benefits and harms of taking aspirin – an area of continuing medical debate. They found the drug reduced the number of cases and deaths from bowel, stomach and oesophageal cancer by some 30-40%. There was weaker and more variable evidence that the drug reduced deaths from breast, prostate and lung cancer too.

And the study found people needed to take the drug for at least five years to see any benefits. Prof Jack Cuzick, at Queen Mary University of London, who led the research, urged all healthy people aged 50 and above to consider taking a small dose (75mg) of the drug every day for a decade.

Researchers predicted if 1,000 individuals aged 60 took the drug for 10 years, a further decade later there would be:

16 fewer deaths from cancer
One fewer death from heart attack
Two extra deaths from bleeding
Prof Cuzick, who has been taking aspirin for four years, said: “Whilst there are some serious side-effects that can’t be ignored, taking aspirin daily looks to be the most important thing we can do to reduce cancer after stopping smoking and reducing obesity, and will probably be much easier to implement.”

Individual risks
They found benefits continued even when people stopped taking the drug, but say it is unclear exactly how long people should use it for. As the risk of internal bleeding rises as an individual gets older, they suggest a cut-off point of 10 years. There is still uncertainty whether other doses of the drug could offer more protection.

Aspirin’s well known possible side-effects include bleeding in the stomach and the brain. And while the study suggests 122,000 lives could be saved if everyone in the UK aged 50-64 took the drug, this is balanced against the estimated 18,000 deaths from side-effects.

Experts warn anyone at high risk of bleeding, including people with blood disorders who take blood thinning medication, or are frequent smokers or drinkers, are more likely to suffer these side-effects. They recommend anyone considering daily medication should speak to their doctors to discuss individual risks.

Dr Julie Sharp, at Cancer Research UK, said: “Aspirin is showing promise in preventing certain types of cancer, but it’s vital that we balance this with the complications it can cause. “Before aspirin can be recommended for cancer prevention, some important questions need to be answered and tests need to be developed to predict who is likely to have side-effects.”

Exactly how aspirin protects against cancer is unknown. Scientists suggest it may reduce inflammation or act on blood cells that would otherwise encourage the spread of the disease.

Source: bbc news

Chokeberry Bread Recipe

Chokeberry Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of wheat flour
  • -1 cup of sugar
  • -9 oz. of Chokeberry fruits
  • -6 oz. of orange Juice
  • -1 egg
  • -9 oz. of walnuts (chopped)
  • -1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
  • -1 teaspoon of salt
  • -1/2 tea spoon of baking soda
  • -1 teaspoon of butter

Directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (170 degrees C.)
  • In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and baking powder. Set to the side.
  • Using a blender, mix the egg, chokeberry fruits, orange juice and walnuts. Then add it to the flour mix.
  • Cover hands and surface with flour and knead the dough by hand until it is firm yet elastic. Place the dough into a well-greased bread pan, and bake it for 50 to 60 minutes.

Health benefits:

  • – It helps the circulation of the blood vehicles in the head , helps against migraine and headache, and it regulates the thyroid hormones.
  • – Lowers the high blood pressure, it lowers sugar in blood and helps at aterosclerosis and thrombosis.
  • – Lowers the pain in the stomach, calms the inflammation in the mucous membrane , spasms in the intestines and helps with diarrhea.
  • -It affects on improving the function of the pancreas and regulates the gallbladder.
  • -Researches of the Russian scientists has shown that Chokeberry speeds the extraction of the heavy metals and some elements out of the body.After nuclear disaster in Chernobil the fruits of Chokeberry was used to mild the health problems of those exposed to radiation.
  • – Chokeberry has a big quantity of carotene which inhibit the cells from damaging eyes from cataract and also the fruits of Chokeberry has different bio phenols which speeds up the healing of the wounds.

Source: secretly healthy

Chemicals in cosmetics: Is organic the safer way to go

It’s no secret that most women wear makeup every day. A product that was first used by ancient Egyptians is now a multibillion dollar cosmetic industry. However, a growing concern over the safety of certain makeup ingredients has created a new view on our favorite beauty products.

Chemicals in cosmetics

“I decided to switch over to organic makeup about halfway through my modeling career,” Anna Lisa Wagner, a Ford model, told FoxNews.com. “There is a lot of makeup out there that has toxins in them and it can really be detrimental to your health or even just your image.”

Many environmental safety groups encourage consumers to stop using cosmetic products that contain chemical ingredients like parabens and phalates, claiming that they are linked to adverse health effects like cancer and birth defects. But while these accusations sound alarming, not all experts agree.

“[For] the groups that say organic is better and they point to the dangers of the other products, it’s often based on studies that weren’t published or are taking things out of context,” Dr. Doris Day, a clinical associate professor of dermatology at the New York University Langone Medical Center told FoxNews.com. “The studies that I’ve seen that claim things like parabens are harmful or cause breast cancer, there’s nothing substantiated from those.”

Parabens are used in many cosmetics as preservatives to help prevent bacteria from growing in the product.

A 2004 study by biochemist Philippa Darbre has been widely cited for linking parabens to cancer. However, the small study was discredited by many toxicologists and cancer research organizations. The American Cancer Society issued a statement saying, “the study did not show that parabens caused or contributed to breast cancer development— it only showed that they were there.”

Even though there is no conclusive evidence to prove the harmful effects from cosmetic ingredients, some beauty professionals still remain skeptical.

According to Eva Scrivo, a celebrity makeup artist and author of “Eva Scrivo on Beauty,” we all need to be more conscious of what we are putting on our bodies.

“Women are becoming more aware of things like phalates and hormone disruptors, things that have been found in cosmetics for many years,” Scrivo told FoxNews.com. “It’s interesting how many of these ingredients have not been regulated and there really is no testing on a lot of cosmetics.”

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not have the authority to regulate cosmetic ingredients— but that doesn’t mean beauty products are not tested.

The cosmetic industry keeps a thorough safety record through the Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR), a non-profit organization that works under the review of the FDA. The CIR appoints a panel of experts composed of dermatologists, chemists, medical researchers, and toxicologists to test and assess the safety of ingredients used in cosmetics.

“Most of the ingredients that you see in a product go through extensive testing for something called mutagenicity and teratogenicity. Mutagenicity is the capability of causing cancer and other problems; mutations and teratogenicity are problems in a growing baby,” Day explained. “They also have to check for lead, mercury, arsenic and other toxins that we know are naturally found in the earth to make sure that they are at a certain level [FDA allowed parts per million].”

Many of Scrivo’s clients ask if organic products are better than traditional, but it’s a personal choice, she said. Even choosing a natural product that omits certain harmful ingredients, such as parabens and phalates, can be a good option.

“It doesn’t have to necessarily be organic– it just has to not have some of the harmful ingredients in the product,” Scrivo said.

If you are concerned about parabens and other cosmetic chemicals, don’t just rely on the label “organic” to ensure its safety. Look at ingredient lists or check store websites like Sephora.com that include descriptions of the cosmetic formulation ingredients.

Source: Fox news

5 beauty benefits of Rosewater

5 beauty benefits of Rosewater

A lot of care has to be taken in summer season to avoid beauty woes such as body tanning. A healthy skin and perfect radiance tops the wish list of every woman, irrespective of her age and profession. It is not possible to rush to the salon to get an expensive beauty treatment everyday. So, here are the tips on how rosewater can help keep your skin glowing and healthy this summer:

  • Rosewater has anti-inflammatory properties and thus can help you get rid of itchy and over-heated skin.
  • -It acts as a wonderful cleansing agent and removes all the dirt from the skin pores thereby preventing acne.
  • -It helps clear blemishes easily from the skin. Apply rosewater daily either in the morning or before going to sleep and notice the difference.
  • -One can also use rosewater as a conditioner after shampooing your hair.
  • -Rosewater can be used in various home-made beauty packs to hydrate and freshen up your skin.

Source: zee news

World Breastfeeding Week: Five great reasons to breastfeed your baby!

Working moms have new breastfeeding rights under the ACA

Nothing can compare to the nutrients found in mothers’ breast milk for a newborn. While the benefits of breastfeeding are immense for the baby beginning at birth and continuing throughout his/her life, it also has many advantages over mothers’ health.

Below are five great reasons why breastfeeding is good for both the mom and the toddler.

Nutrients: Breast milk is the best food for your baby. The vitamins and nutrients in the breast milk are easier for your baby to digest compared to the nutrients in formula. Breast milk also has the prefect amount of protein, fat, carbohydrate required by your baby. Outstandingly, your breast milk also changes with the growth of your baby providing him specific development and nutritional needs.

Protection: Breast milk protects your baby against all types of diseases as it contains antibodies. Colostrum, also known as the first milk, has high concentrations of antibodies that help protect the mucous membranes in the throat, lungs, and intestines of the infant.

Breastfed kids are less likely to contract a number of diseases later in life such as childhood diabetes, childhood obesity, multiple sclerosis, heart disease, and cancer before the age of 15. Children who are breastfed have a decreased risk of tooth decay.

Brain health: Research has shown that young children who were breastfed as infants scored higher on intelligence tests than formula-fed kids. It says the longer and more exclusively they were breastfed, the more intelligent they will become later in life.

Bonding: Breastfeeding is a special gift both for the nursing mom and the baby. The closeness and comfort of breastfeeding strengthens the bond of a mother with her baby.

Mothers’ health: Apart from the emotional satisfaction, breastfeeding has many health benefits for mothers. Studies have shown that breastfeeding lowers the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and anaemia in mothers. Breastfeeding helps mothers to lose weight faster gained during pregnancy. Exclusive breastfeeding helps delay fertility, thus avoiding early pregnancy. One of the good thing about breastfeeding is that – releasing feel good hormones, which will lower a mom’s risk of postpartum depression.

World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is being celebrated every year from August 1 to 7 in more than 120 countries.

First observed in 1992 by World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), the main goal of the WBW is to promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, which yields enormous health benefits later. The event is being organised by WABA, WHO and UNICEF.

The slogan and theme for WBW 2014 is “Breastfeeding: A Winning Goal – For Life!”

Source: zee news