Breastfeeding
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Teeth Cut from Breastfeeding Campaign
Statistics in a government-sponsored ad campaign focusing on the health risks of not breastfeeding infants have been removed, apparently because of protests from the formula industry and the heads of an organization of pediatricians.
AIDS Complicates Breastfeeding Advice in Africa
Mother’s milk or formula? Health groups are divided over which to recommend to HIV-positive mothers in sub-Saharan Africa after a study challenged the conventional wisdom that it was best for such women to rely exclusively on formula.
One-Stop Shopping Draws Breastfeeding Moms
Business is humming at the Upper Breast Side in New York. The shop, whose name is a mammary pun on its Upper West Side neighborhood, offers postpartum pampering along with products for nursing mothers.
Breastfeeding in Public Is a Basic Civil Right
As nursing mothers celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, a women’s rights attorney says more states need to pass laws specifically protecting this natural practice that benefits infants, mothers and thus the community.
