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Breast-Feeding May Protect Moms' Health

usatoday.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living

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Breast-feeding may offer mothers long-term protection against a condition linked to diabetes and heart disease, researchers report today....

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Twenty Women Nurse Child After Mother's Death

Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact

Read More: Charles Moses Martin Goodrich, Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Breast Feeding, Moses Goodrich, Robbie Goodrich, Women Nurse Child After Mother's Death, Carrie Fiocchi, Susan Goodrich, Impact News

In the Goodrich family dining room, there's a large white board that displays women's names. These are the women who nurse Charles Moses Martin Goodri...

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A Solution For Infant Mortality? Christian Organization Emphasizes Its Child Survival Program

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.29.2009 | Impact

Read More: Literacy, Psas, Illiteracy, Psa, Child Survival Program, Breast Feeding, Adult Literacy, Immunization, Compassion, Infant Mortality, Impact News

The Christian Organization Compassion aims to use its influence and funds to "release children from poverty." Their latest campaign, the Child Surviva...

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Breast-Feeding May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Yahoo! News | Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Nurse, Nursing, Health, Breast Cancer, Lower Cancer Risk, Lower Breast Cancer Risk, Breast-Feed, Breast-Feeding, Breast Cancer Risk, Living News

MONDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Women who breast-feed their babies even for short periods of time may lower their risk of developing premenopausal...

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Breast-Feeding While Parked: A Ticketable Offense?

New York Times | Jennifer 8. Lee | Posted 09.06.2009 | New York

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We've heard of being ticketed for breast-feeding while driving. What about a ticket for being parked while breast-feeding? On July 30, Enrique Velez ...

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Baby Glutton: Controversial Doll Lets Little Girls Pretend To Breast-Feed (VIDEO)

Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Breast Feeding, Disturbing Toys, Controversial Dolls, Breast Feeding Doll, Bebe Gloton, Berjuan, Gluttonous Baby, Baby Glutton, Doll, Breastfeeding Doll, Controversial New Toy Baby Doll, Controversial Doll Lets Little Girls Pretend to Breast-Feed, Toy Doll That Brest Feeds, World News

Spanish toymaker Berjuan released a doll that allows children to "breast-feed." A child wears a special halter top with flowers instead of nipples tha...

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More Pressure to Breast-Feed? The IRS Rules Against Tax Relief for Formula Feeders

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Taxes, Breast Feeding, Dr. Sears, Tax Breaks, Irs, Baby Formula, Healthcare, Newsweek, Living News
Claire Bidwell Smith

I was surprised by the amount of warnings I received about how I should breast-feed my child. While I never considered doing otherwise, I have to wonder how this pressure feels to women who are unable to breast-feed.

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WATCH: Man Drinks Daughter's Breast Milk To Fight Cancer

ABC News | Michelle Major and Lee Ferran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Integrative Medicine, Abc, Cancer Prevention, Health, Breast Milk, Breast Feeding, Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Living News

When Tim Browne sits down to a bowl of corn flakes in the morning, he slurps up one unusual, and controversial, extra ingredient: his own daughter's b...

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A Made Mom

Meredith Lopez | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Food Co-Ops, Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City, Breast Feeding, Bottle Feeding, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Community Gardens, Co-Sleeping, Parenting, Moving, Baby Food, Online Parenting, Living News
Meredith Lopez

I'm afraid that if it's found out, in Park Slope, that I buy my baby's food in jars, the Stroller Mafia will set up a picket line outside our building with candles and vigils and big signs stapled to sticks.

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Peaceful Revolution: Let's Offer Real Support to Breastfeeding Employees

Melissa Bartick | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Breast Feeding, Breast Cancer, Business, Health, Buisness Case for Breastfeeding, Green News
Melissa Bartick

To truly support the health of women and children and help their own bottom lines, companies should be supporting breastfeeding employees.

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Pumping in Public

Christen Clifford | Posted 03.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Nursing, The New Yorker, Women's Issues, Breastfeeding, Milk, Breast Feeding, Breasts, Parenting, Facebook, Babies, Salon, New Moms, Mothers, New Yorker, Women's Health, Moms, Style News
Christen Clifford

The R train wasn't the ideal place to be squeezing out human milk, but it's a part of breastfeeding: women should be able to nurse everywhere and pump everywhere too.

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How To Piss Off A Parent

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Us Weekly, Nicole Kidman, Cookie Magazine, Homeschooling, Breast Feeding, Pregnancy, Amanda Peet, Parenting, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Babies, Cosleeping, Vaccines, Sids, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Amanda Peet's real mistake? Daring to give other parents advice. She should know by now that the only answer is a wistful smile and a silly anecdote.

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Breastfeeding: The Controversy Continues

Mona Ackerman | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast Feeding, Why to Breastfeed, The Balanced Life, Benefits of Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding, Living News
Mona Ackerman

Q: I have a wonderful son and a wonderful daughter-in-law. They have been married for five years and during that time we have seen them often and alw...

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Breastfeeding Can Boost Your Baby's Brain Power

LiveScience | Steven Reinberg | Posted 05.13.2008 | Living

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Children who were breast-fed exclusively for the first three months of life or longer scored nearly six points higher on IQ tests at the age of 6 than...

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Breast Fed Up

Heather Cabot | Posted 04.24.2008 | Living

Read More: How to Breastfeed, To Breastfeed or Not, Breast Feeding, Why to Breastfeed, Benefits of Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding, Living News
Heather Cabot

The first time it happened, it was as if I had landed in a Seinfeld episode. Harmless office chit-chat turned awkward when a male colleague I didn't k...

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Boob Job: The Working-Woman's Breastfeeding Dilemma

mommytrackd.com | Meredith O'Brien | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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She grows up, does well in school, goes to college, graduates and vigorously pursues a career. Eventually, she turns 30. She may or may not get or be ...

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Harvard Student Given Extra Exam Time To Pump Breast Milk

NY Times | ELIZABETH OLSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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A Harvard student must be given extra break time during a medical licensing exam to pump breast milk, a Massachusetts appeals court judge ruled yester...

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The Return Of The Wet Nurse

The Daily Mail (UK) | Diana Appleyard | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Breast-Feeding, Wet Nurse, Living News

Wet nursing, cross-nursing, shared feeding, call it what you like - the idea of allowing another woman to breast-feed your baby leaves the uncomfortab...

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