1415 Timberlane Road, Market Square Tallahassee, FL 32312 850-668-2119 bestbegin@yahoo.com Mon-Fri(10am-6pm) Saturday (10am-3pm), Closed Sundays Summer 2005 News Archives Breastfeeding in the News- Fall/Winter 2005 Peers boost breastfeeding among low-income women By Amy Norton Fri Sep 16 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low-income women may be more likely to breastfeed their infants if they get a little encouragement from their peers, a new study suggests. Molly's Recommended Reading: Breastfeeding can reduce inequalities in child health Unicef Article: Nov. 2004 Mom’s milk richer in fat, energy after one year  14 September 2005 NEW YORK -- A new study shows that milk from mothers who have been breastfeeding their infants for more than a year is richer in fat and energy than milk from moms who have been breastfeeding for just a few months. The study is the first to look at the nutritional value of breast milk after prolonged breastfeeding, Dr. Dror Mandel of Tel Aviv University in Israel told Reuters Health. "It might be that because the infant is breastfed less times a day, the milk is more concentrated," he noted in an e-mail interview. Mandel and colleagues compared milk from 27 women who had been nursing for two to six months and 34 mothers who had been nursing for 12 to 39 months. The Milky Way of Doing Business by Katie Allison Granju September Feeding Times by amysbabies.com (PDF file) Articles about the AAP's New SIDS Recommendations October 2005 How Safe Is Soy Infant Formula? - high levels of manganese in soy formula,Insight on the News,  6/25/01 by David Goodman Back at work and breastfeeding: Nursing mothers seek support from employers  by Kristen Gerencher,  Sept. 7, 2005    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Jennifer Lugar knows success in continuing to breastfeed a baby after returning to work can depend on personal creativity and risk tolerance. Massachusetts Becomes First State to Prohibit Formula Marketing in Hospitals Boston, Dec 20, 2005 In a groundbreaking step for mothers and babies, Massachusetts became the first state to prohibit hospitals from giving out free formula company diaper bags to new parents. Giving out these bags reduces the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding and is considered unethical by many national and international groups, including the World Health Organization. Multiple studies, even from prestigious medical journals such as the Lancet, have shown that the bags interfere with breastfeeding, causing moms to switch to formula sooner, or quit nursing altogether-- even when the bags do not contain formula samples. AAP Recommendations on SIDS 2005 October, 2005 On October 10, the American Academy of Pediatrics released new recommendations aimed at further reducing the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Press coverage emphasized new recommendations on the avoidance of bedsharing and the recommendation to use pacifiers, and downplayed widespread concerns among researchers, infant sleep and breastfeeding experts. For more information: * AAP Revised SIDS Policy 11-2005 (PDF) * Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's response to the AAP SIDS recommendations (PDF) * ILCA Response to AAP SIDS recommendation * La Leche League International's response to the AAP SIDS recommendations * Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition's response to the AAP SIDS recommendations * USBC's response to the AAP SIDS recommendations Breastfeeding May Prevent Diabetes in Moms NPR.org, November 23, 2005 There's plenty of evidence that breastfeeding makes babies healthier. Now, researchers suggest it may also do the same for mothers, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers from Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital analyzed thousands of mothers who took part in a large nurses' health study. Those who breastfed their babies for one year or longer experienced a 15 percent decreased risk of developing diabetes later in life. For each additional year of breastfeeding, there was an additional 15 percent decrease in risk.

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