>Mexico finds breast-feeding woes as rate drops
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Despite the well-known advantages to breast milk and vigorous campaigns around the world championing breast as best, Mexican mothers say the bottle is better. In a dramatic decline...
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Jessica Ewald brought more than a new baby boy home when she gave birth earlier this year. Like many new moms, she got a hospital goody bag, with supplies including free infant formula and formula...
View ArticleMexico finds breast-feeding woes as rate drops
MEXICO CITY — Despite the well-known advantages to breast milk and vigorous campaigns around the world championing breast as best, Mexican mothers say the bottle is better. In a dramatic decline over...
View ArticleSt. Luke's in Kansas City opens breast milk bank
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — When Stephanie Donnell's preemie daughter was in intensive care at St. Luke's Hospital two months ago, she was fed milk from donor mothers that had to be shipped all the way...
View ArticleDo hospitals' freebies undermine breast-feeding?
LINDSEY TANNER The Associated Press CHICAGO - Jessica Ewald brought more than a new baby boy home when she gave birth earlier this year. Like many new moms, she got a hospital goody bag, with supplies...
View ArticleNew mom's guide to successful breastfeeding
Seems like just the other day I was awaiting the arrival of my first child, and now here we are, ready to store away the nursing pillow, after eleven and a half months of nursing. Sometimes it could be...
View ArticleSurety Bond: Breast-Feeding May Increase Children's IQ
Children breast-fed longer than six months scored a 3.8-point IQ margin over those who were bottle-fed, according to a seven-year study by researchers at Jagiellonian University Medical College in...
View ArticleWhat Should I Feed My Baby?! Part 2
Part of pregnancy health is the health of your growing baby. To keep this baby healthy and happy we have to eventually feed them something! Even the most seasoned professional mother may question what...
View ArticlePicking a source of baby's milk
When Bevil Conway and his partner brought their premature twins home from the hospital, the two fathers felt that it was important to keep them on a diet of breast milk. So the new parents purchased a...
View ArticleTips for breast-feeding success
The decision to breast-feed your newborn baby is by far the best decision you can make for the health and development of your baby. Feeding a baby formula is no doubt much more convenient than nursing,...
View ArticleProlacta Bioscience Extends Breast Pump Reimbursement Program
MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prolacta Bioscience has announced that their popular breast pump reimbursement program has been extended through December 31, 2012 to eligible mothers who donate...
View ArticleMake-A-Wish® and Prolacta Renew Sponsorship Agreement Amid Growing Breast...
-- Prolacta Contributes Nearly $100,000 to Make-A-Wish in First Year of Sponsorship -- MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prolacta Bioscience and Make-A-Wish have announced a renewed sponsorship...
View ArticleOver One Million Dollars Donated to Philanthropic Organizations by Prolacta...
-- Contributions Were Made Possible by the Generosity of Mothers’ Breast Milk Donations -- MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prolacta Bioscience has announced that more than one million dollars...
View ArticleFortified breast milk may not up preemies' growth
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adding nutrients to breast milk does not appear to boost very preterm infants' growth over the first year of life, a new study finds. The study, which followed 320 infants...
View ArticlePicking Source of Baby’s Milk
By RONI CARYN RABIN When Bevil Conway and his partner brought their premature twins home from the hospital, the two fathers felt it was important to keep them on a diet of breast milk. So the new...
View ArticleCDC: Moms Need More Help Breast-Feeding
(CNN) -- Hospitals could and should do a lot more to help women succeed at breast-feeding, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Hospitals need to...
View ArticleCDC Study: Feeding by breast falls short of goals
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View ArticleMargulis: Government should do more to promote breast-feeding
New York City Mayor recently announced that come Sept. 3, city hospitals will be asked to keep baby formula under lock and key, with required to sign it out as they would other medication. In July, The...
View ArticleFormula-fed babies don't always overeat: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies given extra amino acids in their formula ate less and felt sated sooner than with regular cow's-milk formula, in a new study whose results challenge the idea that...
View ArticleNational Milk Bank Becomes Affiliate to Prolacta Bioscience
MONROVIA, Calif. - Prolacta Bioscience (Prolacta), the first and only company to offer human milk fortifier (HMF) made from 100% human breast milk for critically ill, premature infants, has announced...
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