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Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition Proposal Targets Incentives

June 29, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

The disparities in breastfeeding rates among population groups is well recognized. Data show that women who are poor, single, black, and poorly educated are less likely to breastfeed. In an effort to address these disparities, Melissa Bartick, M.D. and her colleagues from the ... (read more)

Breastfeeding Support Needs a Boost

June 21, 2008 by Heidi Green | 1 question or comment

Have you heard the news? For the first time ever, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has collected data about hospital and birth center maternity practices related to breastfeeding. This gives us a benchmark for assessing how such practices change over ... (read more)

Breastfeeding: A Risk Factor for Jaundice?

April 28, 2008 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

A recent article published in the February 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), identified exclusive breastfeeding as one of two risk factors for neonatal jaundice. According to authors, Jeffrey Maisels and Antony McDonagh, “The largest ... (read more)

YouTube Hosts Breastfeeding Video

March 31, 2008 by Amy Spangler | 1 question or comment

I recently joined the YouTube generation—I guess that makes me a late adopter. I don't have a Mac, iPhone, or iPod. I typically wait until my kids—the early adopters—try it and like it. I call it trickle down modernization. But YouTube is ... (read more)

AHRQ Report Targets Circumcision

March 20, 2008 by Amy Spangler | 2 questions or comments

Data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample show that 56 percent of newborn boys were circumcised in 2005—a rate that hasn't changed for 10 years. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) performed an analysis of hospital-based circumcisions in 2005. Its findings ... (read more)

Public Health Group Adopts Breastfeeding Policy

March 4, 2008 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

Recently, the American Public Health Association (APHA) adopted 20 new policies. Health issues addressed by the group’s new policies include tobacco-free schools, obesity, Agent Orange, hospital data, disaster preparedness, eye health, toxic substances, multi-drug resistant organisms—many important, current health topics. Among them, ... (read more)

Moms Getting Mixed Messages

February 16, 2008 by Pauline Lupercio | 2 questions or comments

Any woman who has given birth in a hospital setting probably came home from her stay with a very mixed message contained in the free samples of formula provided—breastfeeding is best—but here’s some formula for when/if you change your mind. Not exactly the ... (read more)

Benefits of Birth Kangaroo Care

November 26, 2007 by Karen Gromada | No questions or comments

The benefits of immediate mother-baby kangaroo care also known as skin-to-skin contact, were corroborated by a pilot study reported in a November 2007 article in MCN: American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing... (read more)

Report Highlights Breastfeeding Disparities

November 15, 2007 by Amy Spangler | No questions or comments

PRESS RELEASE NOVEMBER 14, 2007 A report—A Fair Start for Better Health: California Hospitals Must Close the Gap in Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates—issued by the University of ... (read more)

Risks of a Popular Labor-Halting Drug

November 14, 2007 by Heidi Green | No questions or comments

You’re pregnant. You’ve got a couple of more months to go in your pregnancy. You’re suddenly in labor. You’re worried about pre-term delivery. You’re worried about your baby’s development. Do you need to worry about the medicine your doctor’s ... (read more)

Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health Features Breastfeeding

November 6, 2007 by Barbara Behrmann | No questions or comments

Breastfeeding takes center stage in a special issue of the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health. Good news for health care providers looking to update or deepen their understanding of breastfeeding and human lactation. For the ... (read more)

Skin-to-skin: Good for Moms, Good for Newborns

October 24, 2007 by Barbara Behrmann | 1 question or comment

What feels better than lying skin-to-skin with your new baby? A recent systematic review of 30 studies ... (read more)

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