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Breastfeeding as the Norm

cslactrn — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:47:18 +0000

There was a report on CNN health recently about breastfeeding which is VERY out of the ordinary in the way it was presented. It’s exactly how it should be presented but usually never is.

The title of the report is:

Study: Lack of breastfeeding costs lives, billions of dollars

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/05/breastfeeding.costs/index.html?hpt=T2

This has actually been in the news all over [...]

Breast Is Best: New WHI Data Extend CV Benefits of Breast-Feeding to Mom

cslactrn — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:14:06 +0000

“It’s not that you are better off if you have a baby and breast-feed than someone who’s never been pregnant, it’s that you are better off than someone who becomes pregnant and does not breast-feed. A woman who becomes pregnant and does not breast-feed is actually putting herself at risk. So we can talk about [...]

Breast Cancer Study Needs Breastfeeding Moms

cslactrn — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:32:29 +0000

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are studying the breast cells normally found in breast milk to see if there are any differences in the DNA of women whose biopsies turn out to be healthy and those whose biopsies show a problem, such as cancer. Learning more about these genetic differences may eventually [...]