Release: Pregnancy, breastfeeding may lower risk of early menopause, NIH-funded study suggests

Women who breastfed their infants exclusively for 7 to 12 months may have a significantly lower risk of early menopause than their peers who breastfed their infants for less than a month, according to an analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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