How the Mother and Son on TIME ’ s Controversial Breastfeeding Cover Feel About It Now
Most TIME covers feature people already accustomed to the harsh glare of fame. Others depict those caught up in situations not of their own choosing. But occasionally, a regular person wanders unwittingly into the red border, because his or her life and the news briefly overlap. Such was the case in 2012 when Jamie Lynne Grumet and her son Aram appeared next to the question ARE YOU MOM ENOUGH?
Grumet and her son were doing something they did every day, usually around nap time: nursing. Aram was 3, older (and taller) than most breastfeeding American kids, but Grumet, who was herself breastfed until she was 6, was an advocat...
Source: TIME: Health - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Belinda Luscombe Tags: Uncategorized 100 Years of TIME Cover Story franchise Magazine Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Tongue-tie in babies
Up to 10% of newborns are born with ankyloglossia, a condition more commonly known as tongue-tie. The most common symptom for infants is difficulty with breastfeeding or bottlefeeding. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Rebekah Huppert, nurse and lactation consultant at Mayo Clinic, discusses how latching and feeding challenges caused by tongue-tie can be addressed with or without the need for any procedure. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute https://youtu.be/va4hEEDmNzk Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1:10) is in the… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 27, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
MailOnline nips into the seedy underground world of mothers auctioning off their BREAST MILK
Good for the baby, and the bank account? British women are selling their breastmilk for up to £76 a pint online with some mums selling so called 'liquid gold' to adult men for 'alternative use'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mental Illness Made My First Year as a Mom Excruciating. I ’ m Just Lucky It Wasn ’ t Worse
One month before I got pregnant with my son, I was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder. My husband and I had been trying to conceive since our miscarriage the year prior. But we were supposed to have paused the baby-making to focus on finding a fix for my brain.
When I told my therapist and my psychiatrist that I was pregnant, their faces fell. I would have to stop trying out medications and hope that the lowest possible dose of the safest possible antipsychotic would be enough to sustain my mental health through my pregnancy. While some pregnant people are able to stay on antidepressants, doctors said they were off-limits ...
Source: TIME: Health - February 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Eugenia Leigh Tags: Uncategorized Family freelance society-team Source Type: news
Janssen Data at ASCO GU Support Ambition to Transform Treatment of Prostate and Bladder Cancer Through Precision Medicine and Early Intervention
RARITAN, N.J., February 13, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced plans to present more than 20 abstracts featuring seven oncology therapies from its robust portfolio and pipeline at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary (GU) Cancers Symposium, taking place in San Francisco on February 16-18. Building on more than a decade of leadership in the development of medicines for people diagnosed with GU cancers, Janssen will present data demonstrating its ambition to advance patient-centered treatment through precision medicine, real-world evidence a...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - February 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Meconium: It Can Cause a Sticky Mess
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During fetal life from approximately 12-13 weeks gestation, meconium accumulates in the small bowel and migrates to the large bowel and rectum by ~20 weeks gestation. Meconium is a combination of bile, mucous, desquamated intestinal cells, bowel secretions, dessicated swallowed amniotic fluid and lanugo. It is sterile before birth and once produced is odorless with a blackish green (sometimes brown or yellow) color, and tarry or sticky quality. Defecation does not occur during fetal life unless the fetus is significantly stressed. Normal meconium passage after birth occurs within 24-48 hours of life (more often ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - February 13, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Experts call for an end to exploitative marketing by baby formula industry
A new series on breastfeeding co-authored by Yale ’s Rafael Pérez-Escamilla argues for regulations to address irresponsible milk formula marketing and lobbying. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 10, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Food Industry Exposes Five Billion People to Toxic Chemicals that Kill
Industrially produced trans fat is responsible for up to 500,000 premature deaths from coronary heart disease each year, according to WHO. Credit: Shutterstock.By Baher KamalMADRID, Feb 10 2023 (IPS) The food industry continues to intensively use toxic chemicals in their products, some of them provoking heart diseases and death. Trans fat is just one of them, adding to contaminating fertilisers, pesticides, microplastics and a long etcetera.
“Trans fat is a toxic chemical that kills, and should have no place in food,” warns Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), informi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Food and Agriculture Global Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Highlighting the struggle that breastfeeding women face across the globe
In a Q&A, Yale ’s Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, a leading authority on breastfeeding, discusses the practice and recent work to address barriers to breastfeeding. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - February 9, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Baby Formula Industry Misleads People With Its Marketing, World Health Organization Says
Makers of infant formula use misleading marketing and aggressive lobbying tactics to drive sales in a $55 billion-a-year industry, according to a three-paper series from the World Health Organization.
Manufacturers make unsubstantiated claims about their products, such as that they are very similar to actual breast milk or can ease infants’ discomfort, say the WHO papers published Tuesday in The Lancet medical journal calling for an industry crackdown. New products, such as hypoallergenic or organic formulas or those derived from the milk of sheep and goats, are sometimes marketed with the implication that they have...
Source: TIME: Health - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dasha Afanasieva and Tanaz Meghjani/Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire healthscienceclimate Public Health Source Type: news
Africa: Experts Call for Clampdowns On Exploitative Formula Milk Marketing in New Lancet Series
[WHO] Geneva -- The formula milk industry's marketing tactics are exploitative and urgent clampdowns are needed to tackle misleading claims and political interference, according to a new three-paper series published in The Lancet today. Industry influence - which includes lobbying against vital breastfeeding support measures - seriously jeopardizes the health and rights of women and children, the papers show. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 8, 2023 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Health experts call for an end to exploitative baby formula milk marketing tactics
Less than half of infants globally are breastfed as recommended, and baby formula is in high demand despite failing to offer the same health and developmental benefits as breast milk, experts say. According to a new report, misleading claims and political influence are to blame. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sociocultural factors affecting breastfeeding practices of mothers during natural disasters: a critical ethnography in rural Pakistan - Hirani SAA, Richter S, Salami B, Vallianatos H.
Natural disasters affect the health and well-being of mothers with young children. During natural disasters, this population is at risk of discontinuation of their breastfeeding practices. Pakistan is a middle-income country that is susceptible to natural ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Nigeria: HIV Prevention Drug - Experts Call for Inclusion of Pregnant, Breastfeeding Mothers
[Premium Times] WHO described PrEP as the use of an anti-retroviral medication by HIV-negative people to reduce the use of HIV acquisition (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Fossil teeth shed light on ancient breastfeeding practices
<img width="100" src="https://factor.niehs.nih.gov/sites/niehs-factor/files/styles/large/public/2019/8/papers/teeth/thumb873825.jpg?itok=_mJI2Lhh" /><br /><p>Methodologies funded by NIEHS to reconstruct chemical exposures spur discovery about how our ancestors adapted to seasonal dietary stress.</p>
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Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - February 3, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
