Nurturing the nursing mother: Mom-to-mom support gives at-risk babies a...
Erica McLeod, a mother of three, holds up what looks like a string of wooden beads, each one just a little bigger than the previous one. She uses it to teach Rachel Trader, 22, an expectant mother who...
View ArticleMemorial taking support for breastfeeding to a new level
Ah, breastfeeding. So natural. So convenient. So good for the baby. So easy â or so Raquel Charrois thought. A few days after giving birth to her son, Zane, at Memorial Hospital two years ago, the...
View ArticleBreastfeeding: Why Do So Many Moms Fall Short Of Their Goals?
Sarah's breastfeeding difficulties began in the hospital. Her daughter, born three weeks early, was too little to properly latch and struggled with weight gain and jaundice. When the two left the...
View ArticleBreastfeeding benefits mom and baby
It is hardly surprising that Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has been applying his considerable energy towards infant nutrition. South Africa is one of only 12 countries in the world in which the...
View ArticleTo breastfeed or not to breastfeed?
To Breastfeed or not to Breastfeed, that seems to be the question these days. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of controversy about whither breastfeeding is better than formula, because most if not...
View ArticleDon't scold moms who can't breastfeed
London - Breastfeeding is certainly good for babies. However, feeding your baby formula milk is neither bad for them nor a sub-standard choice. And while we must help and encourage those women who want...
View ArticleEditorial: Ignorance on breastfeeding
In the debate over mothers nursing in public, the unquestionable value to babies' health is ignored. Several Colorado mothers hosted a "nurse-in" in 2007 at Elitch Gardens in Denver to protest the...
View Article‘Breast Best’ Policy Challenged in South Africa
ZIDINDI, SOUTh AFRICA -- In September last year, South Africa’s health minister Aaron Motsoaledi implemented a drastic and highly contentious measure. He announced that the government would no longer...
View ArticleBreastfeeding is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics
Many women are not certain about the health benefits of breast feeding. They are sometimes lead to believe that a good baby formula may be better for their baby than breastfeeding. However, the...
View ArticleWhy Would Moms Not Want to Breastfeed?
Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen's recent comments that all women should be required by law to breastfeed have sparked a heated debate about the benefits of breastfeeding newborns over using...
View ArticlePediatricians reaffirm breastfeeding guidelines
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women should breastfeed their newborns exclusively for about the first six months of life, after which some foods can be added along with continued breastfeeding, according...
View ArticleOledan: Optimal benefit
IN MANY ways, there is a need to revive and reinforce the breastfeeding culture against the incursion of the bottle feeding culture. Despite benefits, many mothers neither exclusively breastfeed for...
View ArticleCDC: Fewer Than Half of U.S. Moms Breastfeed Enough
iStock Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Slideshow Celebrities Who Promote Breastfeeding Fewer than half of U.S. mothers breastfeed their newborns for even half as long as advised and...
View ArticleBachmann, Palin trash Michelle Obama's breast-feeding advocacy
Michelle Bachmann takes a stand against government-encouraged breast feeding. Once again, the Tea Party heavyweights are using food to cast First Lady Michelle Obama as a proponent for an...
View ArticleFewer than half of U.S. moms breastfeed enough: CDC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fewer than half of U.S. mothers breastfeed their newborns for even half as long as advised and just 22 percent still do so at one year, government researchers reported on Monday....
View ArticleFairhaven Health Introduces Products to Help Women Meet Breastfeeding Goals
National organizations recommend mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first six months and continue to breastfeed while introducing solid foods until the child is at least one year old....
View ArticleB.C. promotes breastfeeding as the start to a healthy life (Government of...
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 2012HLTH0107-001452 Sept. 28, 2012 Ministry of Health B.C. promotes breastfeeding as the start to a healthy life VICTORIA- The government of British Columbia...
View ArticleHow Breast Pumps Became a Political Issue
NEW YORK – Michelle Obama has officially endorsed breastfeeding, and her Tea Party critics are slamming her for it. But even as they score political points, are they helping her cause? For decades,...
View ArticleStudy: Hospitals fail new moms
Most lack support for breastfeeding, researchers say Medicine + Health Blog HPIO board expanded... Health Resources Hospital / Urgent Care Locator Keywords Zipcode Category: Select Category: Hospitals...
View ArticleFewer than half of US moms breastfeed enough - CDC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer than half of U.S. mothers breastfeed their newborns for even half as long as advised and just 22 percent still do so at one year, government researchers reported on Monday....
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