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NEWS ABOUT: breast feeding

breast feeding stories: 26 news summaries

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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

Breastfeeding Boosts Baby IQs

Common gene helps turn fatty acids in breast milk  into brain nutrients

Nov 6, 07 4:27 AM CST
(Newser) - A gene found in 90% of the human race helps explain why breast-fed babies are more intelligent than infants raised on bottled milk, scientists have discovered. Researchers found that the IQs of children who had been breast fed were 6 to 7 points higher than bottle-fed babies—but only if... More »

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intelligence • IQ • baby • breast feeding • bottle feeding • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Terrie Moffitt • fads2 gene

Let Them
Eat Fish!

Scientists' advice that pregnant women eat seafood contradicts fed mercury warnings

Oct 4, 07 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Contrary to federal FDA recommendations, pregnant women and nursing mothers should eat at least 12 ounces of seafood a week to help promote fetal brain development, according to the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition. The government has been warning moms-to-be and nursing mothers not to eat more than 12... More »

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pregnancy • women's health • fish • baby • methyl mercury • seafood • breast feeding • nursing • omega-3 fatty acids

No Extra Exam Time for Nursing Mom

Judge rejects Harvard med student's suit, tells her to take test later

Sep 21, 07 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Massachusetts court has denied a Harvard med student's suit demanding extra break time during a 9-hour medical licensing exam to pump breast milk for her 4-month-old child. Sophie Currier, 33, sued on grounds that she must nurse her infant daughter or pump milk every 2 to 3 hours or... More »

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Harvard Medical School • breast feeding • exam

Moms Warned of Codeine Risk in
Breast Milk

FDA: Watch out for signs of overdose in babies

Aug 18, 07 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Food and Drug Administration has warned nursing mothers using codeine to be on the lookout for any signs of unusual drowsiness in their babies. A significant number of women have a gene that can concentrate high levels of the painkiller in their breast milk. Last year, a Canadian... More »

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mothers • baby • infant • breast feeding • breast milk • codeine • nursing • morphine

Babies Off Breast Milk
Too Soon

Three-quarters of new moms breast feed, but only 11% long enough

Aug 4, 07 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Almost three quarters of new mothers in the US breast feed their babies, but they are switching to formula too soon, say federal health officials. Only 30% are sticking to breast milk alone at three months, and only 11% at six months, a new survey shows. Breast milk protects infants... More »

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obesity • health • childhood obesity • children • parents • mothers • baby • infant • breast feeding • breast milk

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