New articles published in Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health

  Illness in breastfeeding infants relates to concentration of lactoferrin and secretory Immunoglobulin A in mother’s milk
By Alicia A Breakey, Katie Hinde, Claudia R Valeggia, Allison Sinofsky, and  Peter T Ellison

Evol Med Public Health published 20 January 2015, 10.1093/emph/eov002
http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/01/19/emph.eov002.abstract?papetoc
We tested the relationship between infant illness and two immune factors
in milk, lactoferrin and secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA). We found that
milk lactoferrin is positively related to symptoms of illness, suggesting
a responsive pattern, while milk sIgA is negatively related to illness,
suggesting it has a protective role. Milk lactoferrin is positively
related to symptoms of illness, while milk sIgA is negatively related to
illness among Toba infants.

  Post-term birth as a response to environmental stress: the case of September 11, 2001
  Claire Margerison-Zilko, Julia M. Goodman, Elizabeth Anderson, Alison Gemmill, and Ralph A. Catalano

Evol Med Public Health published 16 January 2015, 10.1093/emph/eov001
http://emph.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/01/14/emph.eov001.abstract?papetoc
The odds of post-term delivery among gestations exposed to the terrorist
attacks of September 2001 in the 33-36th week of gestation were higher
than statistically expected. This finding provides support for our
hypothesis that maternal exposure to stress late in pregnancy may result
in an adaptive response of prolonged gestation.