Mammary Mania: Podcast approaches lactation science as the science it should be
I just listened to a podcast of a fascinating interview about breastmilk, courtesy of Skeptically Speaking. Interviewer Desiree Schell spoke with Dr. Katie Hinde, an Assistant Professor of Human...
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Pyloric stenosis and bottle feeding: Vomiting up some logic
A study published in Pediatrics is claiming that bottle feeding might be a risk factor for pyloric stenosis (a condition in which the pyloric muscle malfunctions and impedes food (liquid) from going...
View ArticleA couples therapy session for Science and fed-up parents
You know how I’m always harping on and on about how we could be doing studies that actually help us protect infant health, rather than guilt-tripping mothers? My fairy godmother must’ve been listening,...
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The two headed chimera of infant feeding studies
It’s been a crazy week here, and I was really hoping to pull some pithy, short post out of the exhausted recesses of my brain. So when a study came across the wire touting extended formula feeding as a...
View ArticleBreastfeeding might not protect kids from obesity. So what?
The past few days have produced a flurry of articles on how breastfeeding may not protect against obesity. You’d think I’d be shouting an obnoxiously loud DUH or TOLD YOU SO. Instead, I want to poke my...
View ArticleBad medicine: Why the AAP’s new statement on breastfeeding & medication is...
“The benefits of breastfeeding outweigh the risk of exposure to most therapeutic agents via human milk. Although most drugs and therapeutic agents do not pose a risk to the mother or nursing infant,...
View ArticleThe biggest problem with the breastfeeding discourse has nothing to do with...
Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes, it’s not. As any journalist, blogger, or parenting-forum moderator can attest, merely mentioning the words “breastfeeding” or “formula feeding” will...
View ArticleIs donor milk dangerous? Not as dangerous as hypocrisy.
Those of you who have been reading this blog long enough are probably well aware that I hate hypocrisy. I mean, I hate it. I hate it in politics, I hate it in religion, I hate it in the spats I have...
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Win-win or lose-lose: Study suggests breast may not “beat” bottle in multiple...
Every morning, I receive Google alerts for several terms: breastfeeding, formula feeding, infant formula, breastmilk, etc. And every morning, I brace myself, waiting for the inevitable headline that...
View ArticleAll new parents deserve a place at the consumer protection table, not just...
Public Citizen is known for its advocacy for ordinary citizens who have been harmed by large entities–and rightly so. Much good has been done by this organization in the name of everyday citizens who...
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