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NEWS ABOUT: breast milk

breast milk stories: 8 news summaries

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

(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

OPINION

It's Time to
Put the Breast Pump Away

The mommy wars should be fought over leave time, not formula

Apr 3, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - We may have taken the "breast is best" argument too far, writes Judith Warner on her New York Times blog. The evidence for the superhuman benefits of breast milk over formula isn't so clear-cut, after all, and it's not worth it to guilt women into pumping when the real... More »

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women's rights • breast milk • baby formula • maternity leave • breast pump

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

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

Wet Nurses Milk China's Tainted Formula Crisis

As babies fall ill, the rich turn to a stranger's arms, rented breast

Sep 24, 08 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many Chinese mothers are returning to breastfeeding as infant formula sickens thousands of babies, reports the Wall Street Journal, but in a growing number of wealthy families the breasts are rented. The ancient practice of wet nursing has been reborn, but with a capitalist bent: "Many people look down... More »

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China • melamine • baby • breast milk • tainted milk

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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