While nearly 6 in 10 (57.6 percent) infants are still breastfeeding at 6 months of age, only 1 in 4 are breastfeeding exclusively. What if I only breastfeed for 6 months? Breastfeeding exclusively for six months lowers your baby’s risk for ear, nose, throat and sinus infections past infancy andRead More →

Hemichordata (Stomochordata) A phylum first encountered in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada. … Hemichordates are exclusively marine. Are all hemichordates Marine? Hemichordata /ˌhɛmikɔːrˈdeɪtə/ is a phylum of marine deuterostome animals, generally considered the sister group of the echinoderms. They appear in the Lower or Middle Cambrian andRead More →

Reasons for Exclusive Pumping Have a premature baby who cannot breastfeed. Have a baby who has difficulty latching on to the breast. Need to return to work or school right away. Be worried about milk supply and prefer to see how much milk their baby is drinking. Is it OKRead More →

Tunicate Immunology Their name is descriptive of their hard, leathery outer covering, or “tunic”, which is made of cellulose and serves as a protective exoskeleton. What are the only non vertebrate chordates? Non-vertebrate chordates: Cephalochordata (lancelets), Urochordata (Tunicates), and Myxini (hagfishes) These groups are the chordates which do not possessRead More →