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New research shows breast milk not nearly as important as originally thought

New research out of Norway finds that the association between breast milk and baby health is not as strong as originally thought.
The general medical consensus over the last few decades has been that a breastfeeding baby is healthier than a bottle-fed baby. However, researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) say that [...]

Breastfeeding Baby Dies During United Airlines Flight

A 4-week-old baby girl was smothered when her mother fell asleep while breastfeeding the infant.
The 29-year old Egyptian-born mother was nursing her baby during a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C. to Kuwait.  The mother woke up after an hour to find the baby was not breathing.  The cabin crew was immediately alerted as the [...]

Breastfeeding ban by Pub staff left Mother feeling, “Criminal”

Pub staff at the Freemasons Arms in Hampstead, north London are alleged to have ordered a Mother to stop breastfeeding her baby because customers were, “eating their meals”.
Elizabeth Simpson, 28, had eaten her own lunch at the pub before covering her breast with a scarf and giving her 10-week old daughter baby a feed.
Ms Simpson [...]

Mother Falls To Death After Not Being Able To Breastfeed

An Inquest ruled an open verdict death this Friday on the death of a mother who was depressed after not being able to breast feed.
Katy Isden, 30, had been seen on CCTV footage taking a lift to the top of a 20 floor building onto the roof. She had then been seen on another video [...]

Risk of breastfeeding investigated

Doctors across the UK and Irish Republic are helping to launch the first ever study into the numbers of babies who are breastfed that fall seriously ill after failing to ingest enough milk. The study will likely take the next 13 months to produce results.
Hypernatraemic dehydration is rare but potentially fatal and occurs when [...]