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Lactation consultant visits spur breastfeeding among women who usually resist it In two separate clinical trials, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that periodic meetings with a lactation consultant encourages women traditionally resistant to breastfeeding to do so, at least... read more	UN agencies promote breastfeeding to protect babies in typhoon-hit Philippines United Nations agencies are promoting breastfeeding to avoid unnecessary illness and deaths of children in the wake of the disaster wrought on the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) earlier this month.
Breastfeeding Yolanda Babies: The Soldier As Proxy Mom Corporal Anjannete Obligado only went to the makeshift hospital at the Tacloban airport to bring a woman who had passed out after hours of lining up for a seat in a C130 flight out of the city.	Help Me to Help You: The Promise and Pitfalls of Peer Support in Social Media This is quite the time to be a new breastfeeding mom. Support for breastfeeding has never been more abundantly available, especially when it comes to social media forms of it.
API debuts the new Journal of Attachment Parenting The Journal... read more	Dr. Hale on Revising Drug Label Info for Women Thomas Hale, professor of pediatrics and founding director of the InfantRisk Center at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo, hopes the Food and Drug Administration will put information on nursing safety on the package inserts... read more
Top Hospitals' Formula for Success: No Marketing of Infant Formula The vast majority of the nation’s most reputable hospitals are blocking infant formula manufacturers from marketing their formula products, according to Public Citizen and Ban the Bags research.	Early Skin-to-Skin Contact Linked to Higher Breastfeeding Rates Skin-to-skin contact between mother and infant in the delivery room is associated with an increased likelihood for exclusive breastfeeding. When combined with a mother's intent to breastfeed, the likelihood was even greater.
Is Breastfeeding Worth Cosleeping? There’s a lot of talk about the importance of secure attachment. We mostly hear of it in two circles: adult relationships and parenting, especially of adopted or foster children.	Why Not Just Breastfeed in Private? "After 18 months of uneventfully nursing my daughter Elle as we go about our daily lives, I’d never received so much as a dirty look from anyone, anywhere. It’s not shocking.

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