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Breastfeeding 'linked to higher IQ'

 A long-term study has pointed to a link between breastfeeding and intelligence.

Poverty leads to poorer cognitive functions: study

 Poverty consumes so much mental energy that those who are poor have little remaining brainpower to concentrate on other areas of life, thus are more likely to make bad decisions that worsens their situations,

Breastfeeding longer associated with higher intelligence: study

 Children who are breastfed longer are more likely to have a better understanding of language and a higher intelligence (IQ) later in life, a U.S. study said Monday.