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Results 1 - 10 of 10 for Breast milk
  1. ... for a prolonged period. This condition, often called breast milk jaundice, appears 5 or 10 days after birth ... Kernicterus is not typically seen in infants with breast milk jaundice. Research suggests that a substance in the ...
  2. ... These tumors release prolactin, a hormone that stimulates breast milk production in females. Both women and men can ... difficulty becoming pregnant. Some affected women may produce breast milk, even though they are not pregnant or nursing. ...
  3. ... are unable to break down the lactose in breast milk or formula. This form of lactose intolerance results ... severely impaired ability to digest the lactose in breast milk or formula.Lactase nonpersistence in adulthood is caused ...
  4. ... infants are unable to break down lactose in breast milk or formula. Infants who are unable to process ...
  5. ... early in life when affected infants are fed breast milk or regular infant formulas. These foods contain glucose, ...
  6. ... gland function; prolactin, which stimulates the production of breast milk; and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which influences energy production ...
  7. ... thyroid gland, the NIS protein is found in breast tissue during milk production (lactation), ovaries, salivary glands, certain stomach cells ( ... lactation, the NIS protein transports iodide into the milk to supply breast-fed infants with this critical component of thyroid ...
  8. ... woman's risk of developing a form of breast cancer that begins in the milk-producing glands (lobular breast cancer). In many cases, this increased risk occurs ...
  9. ... types of cancer, such as a form of breast cancer in women that begins in the milk-producing glands (lobular breast cancer); prostate cancer; and cancers of the colon ( ...
  10. ... women and men, the most common form of breast cancer begins in cells lining the milk ducts (ductal cancer). In women, cancer can also develop in the glands that produce milk (lobular cancer). Most men have little ... In its early stages, breast cancer usually does not cause pain and may ...