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Breastfeeding Benefits Updated by the American Dietetic Association

The health benefits of breastfeeding for both infants and their mothers have been... more

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Woman thrown off plane for breast-feeding sues

A woman who was thrown off an airplane for breast-feeding her child, sparking a day of... more

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What Does Islam Say About Wives and Husbands ? (Women in Islam)

"And among His signs is that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that you... more

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How Does Islam Protect Women From Violence ? (Women in Islam)

Islam means "Peace" - achieved when a person focuses on God, giving her entire mind,... more

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Bebé Glotón: the breastfeeding doll

Bebé Glotón — Baby Glutton — is the world’s first, and thankfully only,... more

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Should breast-feeding while drunk be a crime?

Police responding to a domestic disturbance arrived at Stacey Anvarinia's home to find... more

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Breastfeeding Mamascarf for easier Breast Feeding

The Mamascarf can be worn as a scarf, or neatly folded away. It even comes complete... more

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Woman had to breastfeed in cupboard

Miriam Gywnne was forced to breastfeed her twins in a hospital cupboard.

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Knitted breasts help mums to breastfeed

Knitted breasts are being used to help teach mothers how to breastfeed their children.

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Facebook Breastfeeding Brouhaha

Is a picture of a baby suckling its mother's breast obscene? If there's any areola... more

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FDA: Melamine okay in baby formula

The FDA today said that it was ok to have melamine in baby formula. Melamine is a plastic manufactured by Monsanto chemical company which dates back to the 1950 and the petro-chemistry revolution. Melamine is commonly used in counter tops and for the interior of buses.
Melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses. Melamine is also a metabolite of cyromazine, a pesticide. It is formed in the body of mammals who have ingested cyromazine. It has been reported that cyromazine can also be converted to melamine in plants.

Melamine combines with cyanuric acid to form melamine cyanurate, which has been implicated in the Chinese protein export contamination.

Melamine is combined with formaldehyde to produce melamine resin, a very durable thermosetting plastic used in Formica, and melamine foam, a polymeric cleaning product. The end products include countertops, dry erase boards, fabrics, glues, housewares and flame retardants. Melamine is one of the major components in Pigment Yellow 150, a colorant in inks and plastics.

Melamine also enters the fabrication of melamine poly-sulfonate used as superplasticizer for making high-resistance concrete. Sulfonated melamine formaldehyde (SMF) is a polymer used as cement admixture to reduce the water content in concrete while increasing the fluidity and the workability of the mix during its handling and pouring. It results in concrete with a lower porosity and a higher mechanical strength exhibiting an improved resistance to aggressive environments and a longer life-time.

Now doesn't that sound like a healthy ingredient for your child's baby formula?

Less than two months after federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in baby formula, they announced a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in U.S.-made batches of the product.

Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday set a threshold of 1 part per million of melamine in formula, provided a related chemical isn't present. They insisted the formulas are safe.The FDA today said that it was ok to have melamine in baby formula. Melamine is a... more

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Hints and tips for Breastfeeding Mums

Some down to earth advice from a Mum who knows the pain !!

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Jolie apparently breastfeeding on W magazine cover

We've already seen the baby pictures- now see the photo of Angelina Jolie apparently... more

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Topless Ladies (what else needs to be said?)

Naked protest in California "We want to walk around topless!" "What do we want?... more

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68 mothers take part in mass breastfeeding session

SINGAPORE : Sixty—eight mothers took part in a mass breastfeeding session on... more

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Breastfeeding moms crowd Vancouver clothing store in protest

Scores of breastfeeding mothers crowded into downtown Vancouver's H&M clothing store

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Mom's fight for right to breastfeed in public

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Efforts mount to improve black breastfeeding rates

This week (1st-7th August) is World Breastfeeding Week and efforts are being made to raise historically low breastfeeding rates in the black community.

An April report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta found that African American mothers, who are less likely than white or Latina women to breastfeed, are now doing so in record numbers.

Sixty-five percent of black women have nursed their infants at some point, compared to 36 percent 14 years ago. But only 20 percent of black mothers reach the government's target goal of exclusively breastfeeding when their infants are six months old.

Through grassroots, hospital-based and government efforts, advocates are working to raise that number. They say that if more black women breastfed their children, it could address health problems that plague African American mothers and infants alike.

Last year, CDC researchers found black infants are twice as likely as white infants to be premature or underweight, or to die before their first birthdays.

Mother's milk improves those odds. Breastfed infants are seven times more likely to maintain a healthy weight than formula-fed infants, notes a 2003 study in the journal Pediatrics. Breastfeeding also reduces infants' risk of asthma, diabetes, infections and sudden infant death syndrome, all more common among African Americans.

Just as breastfeeding can help black infants, so too can it help their mothers. Research shows African American women are 70 percent more likely than other women to die of breast cancer and doubly likely to be overweight or have diabetes.

A woman's risk of developing breast cancer decreases by 4 percent for each year that she breastfeeds, according to a 2002 study in the journal Lancet. Breastfeeding burns up to 500 calories a day and can help women shed weight after pregnancy. It can also help ward off obesity and diabetes, for which African American women are at higher risk.

For women of all races, breastfeeding can lower the risk of osteoporosis and ovarian and uterine cancers. The health benefits continue through the next generation: Studies show breastfed daughters have lower rates of breast cancer when they grow up.

Though breastfeeding could help improve black women's health outcomes, they are 20 percent less likely to try it--and doubly likely to give it up before the six-month target--than their white and Latina peers.

What do you think are the reasons for lower breastfeeding rates in the black community? Is breast really best?

This week (1st-7th August) is World Breastfeeding Week and efforts are being made to... more