Sure, blame the mother
From The Globe and Mail's Social Studies page, Tuesday, June 19, 2007:
Ha-ha v. allergies
"Famed for its restorative powers, it now seems that laughter also helps breast milk to fight allergies," reports New Scientist magazine. "Breastfed babies with eczema experienced milder symptoms if their mothers laughed hours before feeding them, according to a study by Hajime Kimata at the Moriguchi-Keijinkai Hospital in Osaka, Japan. He showed breastfeeding mothers either a feature-length Charlie Chaplin movie or bland footage of weather information, and took samples of breast milk at regular intervals afterwards. Two milk feeds later, he also measured their babies' allergic reactions to dust mites and latex. Those infants whose mothers had laughed had markedly reduced reactions.
Ha-ha v. allergies
"Famed for its restorative powers, it now seems that laughter also helps breast milk to fight allergies," reports New Scientist magazine. "Breastfed babies with eczema experienced milder symptoms if their mothers laughed hours before feeding them, according to a study by Hajime Kimata at the Moriguchi-Keijinkai Hospital in Osaka, Japan. He showed breastfeeding mothers either a feature-length Charlie Chaplin movie or bland footage of weather information, and took samples of breast milk at regular intervals afterwards. Two milk feeds later, he also measured their babies' allergic reactions to dust mites and latex. Those infants whose mothers had laughed had markedly reduced reactions.
posted by Melanie A at 1:19 p.m.
1 Comments:
Now repeat after me: Correlation does not imply causation. Why on earth don't people remember this? How long until someone does a thesis on the efficacy of bananas in ears as a repellent for elephants (or giraffes) in the Greater Toronto Area (or times square, or YVR)
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