ABCNEWS.com : Breast-feeding Ads Stalled, 'Watered Down': "Avocates Say Government Pressured by Formula Companies to ‘Water Down’ Breast-feeding Ads
By Brian Ross and Jill Rackmill
June 4, 2004 — The U.S. government has unveiled a new advertising campaign to promote breast-feeding, after months of fierce lobbying to change its approach, ABC News has learned.
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Friday, June 04, 2004
New Survey Shows One in 10 Moms Are Aware That Soy Formula May Help Manage Fussiness in Formula-Fed Infants
Press Release Source: Abbott Laboratories
Friday June 4, 9:30 am ET
- Nearly 30 Percent of Formula-Fed Infants Use a Soy Formula -
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- According to a recent survey conducted in conjunction with National Soyfoods Month, only one in 10 moms of formula-fed babies are aware that soy can help manage persistent common feeding problems. Generally, the 300 surveyed moms had a positive view of soy, but many felt they had very little information when it came to soy infant formula."
Press Release Source: Abbott Laboratories
Friday June 4, 9:30 am ET
- Nearly 30 Percent of Formula-Fed Infants Use a Soy Formula -
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- According to a recent survey conducted in conjunction with National Soyfoods Month, only one in 10 moms of formula-fed babies are aware that soy can help manage persistent common feeding problems. Generally, the 300 surveyed moms had a positive view of soy, but many felt they had very little information when it came to soy infant formula."
Thursday, June 03, 2004
No Mother's Milk Here: Hospitals Cut Breast-Feeding Support
BY AMY SMITH
Austin Chronicle
"For health care choices at local hospitals, the pool of options for moms and babies keeps getting smaller. The company line for axing programs such as midwifery or lactation support services typically centers on budgetary constraints; but in truth, women's advocates say, these low-tech services cost little money to operate and can even save health care dollars in the long run because of their preventive benefits. The problem is, they don't make money, so out they go.... "
BY AMY SMITH
Austin Chronicle
"For health care choices at local hospitals, the pool of options for moms and babies keeps getting smaller. The company line for axing programs such as midwifery or lactation support services typically centers on budgetary constraints; but in truth, women's advocates say, these low-tech services cost little money to operate and can even save health care dollars in the long run because of their preventive benefits. The problem is, they don't make money, so out they go.... "
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
OhioHealth Newsroom - Got Milk? Our Infants Do!
[ This is the news item referenced below on the NBC4 news site. - JC]
New Donor Milk Program at Grant Medical Center Ensures Even the Littlest Patients Get the Best Start in Life
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- According to years of research, breast milk is best for infants. Low birth weight babies or those with special needs especially need breast milk because of the rich, easy-for-baby-to-digest nutrients it provides. Some mothers, however, are not able to provide milk for their newborn babies. That's why Grant Medical Center has started the first human donor milk program in Columbus. Since the program launched in January, babies are benefiting from pasteurized, frozen, human breast milk purchased from the Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin in Austin, Texas. Candidates to receive the pasteurized milk include infants who weigh less than three pounds, those who can't breastfeed, or babies whose mothers can't produce milk immediately...."
[ This is the news item referenced below on the NBC4 news site. - JC]
New Donor Milk Program at Grant Medical Center Ensures Even the Littlest Patients Get the Best Start in Life
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- According to years of research, breast milk is best for infants. Low birth weight babies or those with special needs especially need breast milk because of the rich, easy-for-baby-to-digest nutrients it provides. Some mothers, however, are not able to provide milk for their newborn babies. That's why Grant Medical Center has started the first human donor milk program in Columbus. Since the program launched in January, babies are benefiting from pasteurized, frozen, human breast milk purchased from the Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin in Austin, Texas. Candidates to receive the pasteurized milk include infants who weigh less than three pounds, those who can't breastfeed, or babies whose mothers can't produce milk immediately...."
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