Amie Dahnke is a freelance writer and editor residing in California. She has covered community journalism and health care news for nearly a decade, winning a California Newspaper Publishers Award for her work.
Women who supplemented vitamin D both during pregnancy and six months postpartum reduced their babies’ chances of developing rickets, a recent study shows.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, NIH, and CDC all now suggest, with the right medications, breastfeeding benefits outweigh the risk of HIV transmission.