Nguyen B, et al. - In a large Australian cohort, researchers assessed the link between breastfeeding and cardiovascular disease (CVD) hospitalization and mortality. They examined baseline information of 100,864 parous women aged ≥45 years from New South Wales, Australia. They also used hospitalization and death data. Only women with no self-reported medically diagnosed CVD at baseline or past CVD hospitalization 6 years before study entry were analyzed. The sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle risk factors, and medical and reproductive history were taken as covariates. A lower maternal risk of CVD hospitalization and mortality was reported in relation to breastfeeding in middle-aged and older Australian women. Long-term maternal cardiovascular health benefits could be gained via breastfeeding.