New Alliance Advocates for Maternal/Foetal and Breastfeeding Health and Safety Issues, Particularly With Regards to the Safety of Medications

CNW Group: "New Alliance Advocates for Maternal/Foetal and Breastfeeding Health and Safety Issues, Particularly With Regards to the Safety of Medications

TORONTO, Feb. 12 /CNW Telbec/ - A new Alliance of health professionals,
academia, patients, health care policy experts and industry individuals has
been formed to address issues related to the use of medications during
pregnancy. The Canadian Alliance for Safe and Effective Medications in
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (CaseMed-Pregnancy) intends to advocate for
maternal/foetal and breastfeeding health and safety issues, particularly with
regards to the safety of medications.
Founding members of CaseMed-Pregnancy are: Anne Tomalin, CanReg Inc.,
Dr. Gideon Koren, Motherisk, Dr. Donald Davis, Society of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC), Merc�des Benegbi, Thalidomide Victims
Association of Canada (TVAC) and Carole Boyer, Duchesnay Inc."

MIKE TO NEW MOMS: NURSE FOR 6 MONTHS
New York Post
February 11, 2007 -- Now that he has weaned New Yorkers off smoking and trans fats, Mayor Bloomberg is launching a multimillion-dollar good-parenting campaign that includes a push to put more newborns to the breast.
The city Health Department is spending more than $2 million in city-run hospitals to encourage moms to breast-feed.
"We don't yet have any hospitals in New York City that meet national 'baby-friendly' standards," Bloomberg's health commissioner, Dr. Thomas Frieden, said at a parenting conference last week....