Journal of Human Lactation- Discard the Stereotype, Strengthen the Science, and Experience Success
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: The Role of Human Milk in Preventing Disease in the 21st Century
- Punching Above Its Weight: Does New Zealand's Responsibility for Protecting, Promoting, and Supporting Breastfeeding Extend beyond Its Own Borders?
- Thickened Milk for the Management of Feeding and Swallowing Issues in Infants: A Call for Interdisciplinary Professional Guidelines
- From Breast Milk to Brains: The Potential of Stem Cells in Human Milk
Monthly Archives: September 2012
New Opportunities for Supporting Breastfeeding Mothers: The Boob Group Podcast
Robin Kaplan helped to birth this blog just over 1 year ago and nurtured it through its infancy. She recently resigned her duties at Lactation Matters to pursue some new opportunities, including serving as both host and producer of The … Continue reading
Posted in Mother to Mother Support, Social Media
Tagged Diana Cassar-Uhl, Hypoplasia, IGT, podcast, Robin Kaplan, The Boob Group, Tongue Tie
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Reducing the Breastfeeding Disparities Among African American Women: A Commentary from ROSE, Inc.
Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere, Inc. (ROSE) seeks to enhance, encourage, support, and promote breastfeeding throughout the USA, by working to reduce the breastfeeding disparities among African American women. We also seek to strengthen the health of their families through, mentoring, breastfeeding support groups, … Continue reading
A 100,000 Views Celebration!
Grab a party hat and raise your glass! Lactation Matters has hit a major milestone. As of September 18, 2013, we have received over 100,000 page views on our blog. As ILCA members, this is YOUR blog and YOU … Continue reading
From JHL: How US Mothers Store and Handle Their Expressed Breast Milk
Written by Robin Kaplan, M.Ed., IBCLC Breast milk storage guidelines can be incredibly complicated for mothers to decipher. With each pump company and breastfeeding website having its own storage and handling recommendations, how’s a mother to know which one to follow? Plus, … Continue reading
JHL Announces Cover Photo Contest!
JHL is your journal, and we want to feature your photos! Journal of Human Lactation’s (JHL) cover changed in 2012 – and is about to change again! The basic layout will stay the same, but they plan to replace the 4 cover … Continue reading
Are Oligosaccharides a Key to Reducing HIV in Breastfed Babies?
One of the most fascinating mysteries of our time is the low rate of mother-to-infant transmission of HIV via the milk of an infected mother. In the absence of antiretroviral drug therapy (ART), 10-15% of babies born to infected mothers acquire the … Continue reading
What a Difference a {National Breastfeeding} Month Makes!
Written by Jennie Bever Babendure, PhD, IBCLC Although my oldest son is the reason I got into lactation, my youngest has borne the brunt of my lactivist enthusiasm by virtue of being born after I became an IBCLC. For the first … Continue reading
Can A Cow Jump Over the Moon (or Produce Human Milk)?
By Maryanne Perrin, MBA “Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon.” How many of us have lulled little ones to sleep with the lines from this old English nursery rhyme? Today’s news headlines claim cows … Continue reading
Posted in Breastfeeding News, Research
Tagged cows, human milk, Maryanne Perrin, research
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Journal of Human Lactation launches Facebook Page!
By Anne Merewood, PhD, MPH, IBCLC The Journal of Human Lactation recently published two papers on our Online First page about use of telehealth equipment in lactation consulting. Those 2 papers will be printed in November, alongside a Round Table Discussion about computer technology in … Continue reading
