A mother’s milk may be the best medicine for newborn infants with AIDS.
Human breast milk inhibits the growth of yeast spores, the source of a painful fungal infection of the mouth and throat in infants, according to research presented last week.
Called thrush, the infection affects approximately 5 percent of all newborns. Babies born with compromised immune systems are at much higher risk of developing thrush.
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