NEWS.com.au | Drugs give women no relief (April 12, 2004)
By Sue Dunlevy
April 12, 2004
news.com.au
"PETHIDINE, one of the most widely used painkillers in childbirth, does little to reduce the pain of labour and may hinder early breastfeeding. A review of studies of the effectiveness of the drug has found it sedates women enduring the agony of childbirth, rather than relieving their pain. A Thai study in 2002 found only 23.8 per cent of women claimed pethidine provided effective pain relief in labour, according to an article in Australian Prescriber."
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Friday, April 09, 2004
By JOAN LOWY
Scripps Howard News Service
April 08, 2004
"Maine is about to become the first state to ban a widely used flame retardant that has been found in the breast milk of American and European women and that studies show is accumulating rapidly in people, wildlife and the environment. A bill approved this week by the Maine legislature bans the sale of products containing the brominated flame retardant known as deca beginning Jan. 1, 2008. The ban is contingent on a finding by the state Department of Environmental Protection and the legislature that safer alternatives are available...."
Avoid Feeding Babies Fluoridated Water, Researchers Caution
Posted by NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation on Friday April 9, 2004 at 3:33 am MST
"New York - April 2204 - Infant formulas prepared with fluoridated water increase dental fluorosis risk, according to the April 2004 Journal of the American College of Nutrition(1) and other studies. To prevent this tooth staining, researchers caution against mixing infant formulas with fluoridated water...."
Posted by NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation on Friday April 9, 2004 at 3:33 am MST
"New York - April 2204 - Infant formulas prepared with fluoridated water increase dental fluorosis risk, according to the April 2004 Journal of the American College of Nutrition(1) and other studies. To prevent this tooth staining, researchers caution against mixing infant formulas with fluoridated water...."
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
New row: Nova presenter Kate Langbroek.
Kate's new breastfeeding row
Kate Langbroek breastfeeding in public has caused another storm
08apr04
THERE was drama at Seven Stones in St Kilda yesterday when radio host Kate Langbroek was asked to stop breastfeeding her baby in the restaurant.
Langbroek was flabbergasted at My Restaurant Rules contestant Peter Georgas's request that she move to the lounge area to feed little Lewis Lewis, after she had finished her meal...
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9219845%255E2902,00.html
Kate's new breastfeeding row
Kate Langbroek breastfeeding in public has caused another storm
08apr04
THERE was drama at Seven Stones in St Kilda yesterday when radio host Kate Langbroek was asked to stop breastfeeding her baby in the restaurant.
Langbroek was flabbergasted at My Restaurant Rules contestant Peter Georgas's request that she move to the lounge area to feed little Lewis Lewis, after she had finished her meal...
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9219845%255E2902,00.html
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