CTV.ca - Breast-fed babies may need more vitamin D
Associated Press
CHICAGO
"The American Academy of Pediatrics says all exclusively breast-fed infants should receive vitamin D supplements to prevent rickets, a bone-weakening disease doctors fear may be becoming more common.
Breast-fed infants should receive vitamin supplements beginning at 2 months of age and until they begin taking at least 17 ounces daily of vitamin D-fortified milk, the academy says in a new policy statement.... "
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
Friday, April 04, 2003
The Ads' placement in CanWest papers raises ire
Globe and Mail
By KEITH DAMSELL
MEDIA REPORTER
Friday, April 4, 2003 - Page B10
"A marketing campaign for an allergy and sinus relief medicine provides a glimpse of the future of advertising at CanWest Global Communications Corp. Over the past two weeks, several of CanWest's big-city daily newspapers ran a print ad for the over-the-counter drug Reactine. Some journalists across the chain were concerned about its placement. Immediately above the ad, appearing in the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and other dailies, were stories from the CanWest News Service on hay fever and allergic asthma...." [A good primer on controversial use of juxtapositioning of editorial and advertising. - JC]
Globe and Mail
By KEITH DAMSELL
MEDIA REPORTER
Friday, April 4, 2003 - Page B10
"A marketing campaign for an allergy and sinus relief medicine provides a glimpse of the future of advertising at CanWest Global Communications Corp. Over the past two weeks, several of CanWest's big-city daily newspapers ran a print ad for the over-the-counter drug Reactine. Some journalists across the chain were concerned about its placement. Immediately above the ad, appearing in the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and other dailies, were stories from the CanWest News Service on hay fever and allergic asthma...." [A good primer on controversial use of juxtapositioning of editorial and advertising. - JC]
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
Kansas City Star | 03/29/2003 | More of today's mothers are deciding the breast is best
By CHERLY POWELL
Knight Ridder Newspapers
"More of today's mothers are deciding the breast is best.
A study released recently shows almost 70 percent of moms start breast-feeding after giving birth, up from 52 percent in 1990 and a mere 25 percent in 1971.
Once they start breast-feeding, a growing number of women keep at it.
The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found almost a third of all mothers still are breast-feeding when their babies are 6 months old, an increase from about 20 percent in 1971 and 18 percent in 1990...."
By CHERLY POWELL
Knight Ridder Newspapers
"More of today's mothers are deciding the breast is best.
A study released recently shows almost 70 percent of moms start breast-feeding after giving birth, up from 52 percent in 1990 and a mere 25 percent in 1971.
Once they start breast-feeding, a growing number of women keep at it.
The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found almost a third of all mothers still are breast-feeding when their babies are 6 months old, an increase from about 20 percent in 1971 and 18 percent in 1990...."
Friday, March 28, 2003
Yahoo! News - Premature Babies' Diet Linked to Diabetes Risk
By Alison McCook
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)
"Premature babies given a nutrient-enriched diet designed to help them catch up to their full term peers appear to be more likely to have a pre-diabetic condition in adolescence, UK researchers said Friday. However, investigators have also shown that providing pre-term infants with extra nutrition during the first weeks of life -- a period of rapid growth -- helps developing brain and bone. Currently, premature babies are given a nutrient-enriched form of infant formula to spur their growth. Despite the current findings, study author Dr. Atul Singhal of the Institute of Child Health in London said that practice should continue."
By Alison McCook
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)
"Premature babies given a nutrient-enriched diet designed to help them catch up to their full term peers appear to be more likely to have a pre-diabetic condition in adolescence, UK researchers said Friday. However, investigators have also shown that providing pre-term infants with extra nutrition during the first weeks of life -- a period of rapid growth -- helps developing brain and bone. Currently, premature babies are given a nutrient-enriched form of infant formula to spur their growth. Despite the current findings, study author Dr. Atul Singhal of the Institute of Child Health in London said that practice should continue."
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