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Human breast milk regulates a baby's mix of microbes, or microbiome, during the infant's first year of life. This in turn lowers the child's risk of developing asthma, a new study published in the journal Cell shows.

Breastfeeding through the first year of infants' lives can lower their risk of asthma by colonizing their bodies wi