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breast feeding stories: 25 news summaries

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 'Obese' 4-Month-Old 
 Denied Insurance 

Nursing infant outside norms for age; 'absurd,' cry parents

Oct 12, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Colorado couple is baffled that their baby has been denied health insurance coverage because of a preexisting condition: obesity. “I could understand if we could control what he's eating,” says the boy’s father. “But he's 4 months old. He's breast-feeding. We can't put him on... More »

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obesity • childhood obesity • obesity epidemic • baby • infant • breast feeding • health care reform • health insurance industry • policy • underwriting • Alex Lange

Swedish Dad Aims to Make His Own Breast Milk

Man hopes to be able to suckle future kids; plans to pump his breasts for months

Sep 3, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Swedish father is attempting to defy convention—and millions of years of mammalian evolution—by producing his own breast milk, the Local reports. Ragnar Bengtsson, whose 2-year-old son won't be taking part in the experiment, plans to stimulate his breasts with a pump at 3-hour intervals every day... More »

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baby • Sweden • breast feeding • breast milk • father • breast pump

Mom Fired for Nursing Wins Sex-Bias Suit

Calif. panel rules dismissal amounts
to discrimination

Aug 24, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Firing an employee for breastfeeding during her break amounts to sex discrimination, California’s Fair Employment and Housing Commission ruled last week, awarding her $41,645 in damages, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Marina Chavez was fired from her job at a Los Angeles-area taqueria after breastfeeding her newborn... More »

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California • parenting • discrimination • lawsuit • breast feeding • nursing • sex discrimination • Marina Chavez • Acosta Tacos

(Newser) - New research strongly suggests that breastfeeding can help protect women with a family history of breast cancer from developing the cancer, Reuters reports. Scientists found that among women who had a mother or sister with the disease, those who breastfed were nearly 60% less likely to develop the cancer before... More »

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breast cancer • cancer research • breast feeding • breast milk • tamoxifen • women's issues • cancer risk

 Girls Play Mom With 
 Breastfeeding Doll 

Spanish toy comes with halter top to simulate nursing

Aug 5, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - If urinating and burping toys aren’t enough, a Spanish doll provides simulated breastfeeding, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Bebé Glotón, which translates to Baby Glutton, comes with a halter top for the doll's owner, and it's equipped with a pair of flowers that take on the role of... More »

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Spain • toys • breast feeding • nursing • girls • doll

(Newser) - Facebook executives have again bungled rules banning breasts on the site, this time concerning cancer surgery. Facebook bans "sexual content" and bounced photos a cancer patient posted of her mastectomy scars to educate other women. After a torrent of complaints a Facebook spokeswoman admitted: "We made a mistake,... More »

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breast cancer • women • Facebook • pornography • sexuality • mastectomy • breast feeding • nursing • breasts • man boobs • double mastectomy

OPINION

 Enough Already: 
 Breastfeeding 
 Is Overrated 

Ambivalent research hasn't stopped the bullying of formula moms

Mar 20, 09 1:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Breast milk isn’t a magical elixir that boosts IQ and thwarts illness, but it may be the residue of women’s subjugation, Hanna Rosin writes in the Atlantic. Science has never handily declared breastfeeding better than bottled formula, says Rosin. At best, it prevents gastrointestinal illness in some children,... More »

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women • mothers • breast feeding • breast milk • infants • infant formula

India's Boom Does Little for Malnourished Children

42.5% remain underweight despite efforts to fix crisis

Mar 13, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - India’s economy has soared for a decade, but what its prime minister calls its “national shame” remains: malnourished, underdeveloped children, the New York Times reports. While growing China has cut its proportion of underweight children to 7%, India’s stands at 42.5%. Some say the government doesn’... More »

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India • hunger • economic growth • children • breast feeding • malnutrition • underweight

Mom Nabbed for Breastfeeding While Driving

Unrepentant Ohio woman charged with endangering her child

Feb 28, 09 1:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Turns out, it’s not legal to breastfeed and drive at the same time. Genine Compton found that out the hard way when a male motorist spotted the Ohio woman chatting on a cellphone and breastfeeding one child while driving her other children to school. When police tracked Compton down,... More »

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Ohio • breast feeding • driver distraction • reckless driving

 Salma Hayek 
 Breastfeeds 
 Starving Baby 

On-camera moment sparks viral video

Feb 11, 09 10:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Footage of Salma Hayek breastfeeding a starving African baby has gone viral, Salon reports, prompting responses from some who are impressed and others who are, predictably, turned on. The actress, who is still breastfeeding her own daughter, was filmed with babe in arms by Nightline during a humanitarian trip to... More »

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Sierra Leone • baby • celebrity • breast feeding • viral video • Salma Hayek

GLOSSIES

Breast May Be Best, But Pumps Get All the Attention

Companies praised for allowing women to pump ... but contact has no substitute

Jan 12, 09 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The push for regulations that give US moms a place and time to pump their breast milk overlooks a major part of the age-old breast-feeding debate, Jill Lepore writes in the New Yorker. “Is it the mother, or her milk, that matters more to the baby?” Lepore asks. High-tech... More »

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baby bottle • baby • breast feeding • breast milk • working mothers • maternity leave • breast pump

 Facebook Moms 
 Protest Breast Ban 

Breast feeding not obscene, angry group declares

Dec 22, 08 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - A 58,000-strong Facebook group plans to protest the site's ban on breast feeding photos through, er, Facebook. Cyber-organizers are asking users to temporarily swap their profile photos this weekend for breastfeeding pictures banned by the Facebook policy, reports the New York Daily News. The revolt started when the networking... More »

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Facebook • mothers • baby • obscenity • breast feeding • ban • Internet censorship

 Docs Double Daily Dose of D 

Vitamin deficiency in young children is more prevalent than many parents suspect

Oct 13, 08 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors have a new prescription for kids: double the vitamin D. The American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends that infants, children, and adolescents take twice the daily dose, or 400 IU, of the vitamin previously suggested, the Boston Globe reports. More prevalent than many parents realize, vitamin D deficiency (common... More »

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fortified milk • breast feeding • vitamin D • baby formula • dietary supplement

(Newser) - In what is likely a first in the burgeoning media field of celebrity moms showing off their babies, the November cover of W magazine offers us a glimpse of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her newborn twins. Paparazzi? Hardly. The photographer of the ever-so-demure image is none other than Brad... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • breast feeding • celebrity pregnancy

 J.Lo Battled Blues, 
 'Breakdown' 

Jennifer Lopez may send her twins to Scientology school

Oct 7, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez admits to having had a “nervous breakdown” in 2002 and a weepy “hormone thing” 10 days after the birth of her twins in a previously unpublished interview excerpted at the Daily Beast. "I couldn’t get up fast enough to feed the babies," says... More »

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Scientology • New York • breast feeding • Jennifer Lopez • nervous breakdowns • celebrity interview • celebrity baby

 We Are What Our Moms Ate 

Health problems may stem from mom's junk food diet, study says

Jul 1, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Long-term health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease may begin in the womb with mothers who eat junk food during pregnancy, the Guardian reports. A new study suggests expectant mothers who eat unhealthy diets not only risk the health of their newborns, but may set the child up... More »

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obesity • pregnancy • diabetes • diet • mothers • baby • junk food • breast feeding • Stephanie Bayol • fetal health

Breastfeeding Officer Sparks Debate in China

'Police mum' promoted for helping orphaned babies in quake

Jun 22, 08 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - A policewoman has sparked debate in Beijing after breastfeeding nine orphaned babies during last month's earthquake, Reuters reports. Officials have promoted Jiang Xiaojuan, 30, calling her "hero and model police officer," but others argue that merit, not deeds, should lead to promotion. Xiaojuan left her baby at home... More »

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China • police • promotion • breast feeding • orphan • Sichuan province • China earthquake

Breastfeeding May Boost
IQs of Kids

Study of 14K children reports modest gains
in intelligence

May 6, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kids who are breastfed tend to be smarter than their formula-fed peers, a major new study says. At age 6, children who were breastfed longer scored higher on IQ tests, though researchers couldn't say whether it was the breast milk itself or stronger interaction with mothers that caused the modest... More »

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parenting • women's health • mothers • baby • breast feeding

 77% of US Moms Breast-Feed 

Percentage highest in survey's history; rise greatest among African-Americans

Apr 30, 08 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 77% of new mothers breast-feed, the highest percentage since the CDC began taking surveys 20 years ago. The agency cites public-awareness campaigns about its health benefits for the rise, noting that only 60% of mothers breast-fed in 1994, the AP reports. Changing cultural attitudes that accommodate the practice also... More »

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African Americans • childhood obesity • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • mothers • culture • breast feeding

OPINION

Chicken Soup? Computers? Google? Pshaw!

Ephron tackles implications of modern inventions, advice

Jan 13, 08 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Modernity's full of fine inventions and healthy advice, but don't they really make us dimmer, sicker, and less prone to stumble on sex? So writes Nora Ephron in the New York Times, as she opines on hand-washing, breast-feeding, and rumors that chicken soup cures colds. "You have chicken soup;... More »

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Google • BlackBerry • breast feeding • Nora Ephron • computer • chicken soup • hand washing • When Harry Met Sally • You've Got Mail • typewriter

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