Friday, July 04, 2003

ic Liverpool - Donors to deliver for babies born early: "Donors to deliver for babies born early

Jul 4 2003

By Sam Lister Daily Post Staff


PREMATURE babies are to benefit from a new human milk bank which has opened in Chester.

Mothers can now donate surplus breast milk to the Coun-tess of Chester Hospital's specialist baby unit where it will be used to bottle feed to newborns on the ward.

It is hoped the milk, which is easier for tiny stomachs to absorb than the diary formula version, will boost the growth of babies who are born early.

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Thursday, July 03, 2003

The Globe and Mail: "Girls warned to cut back on meat, whole milk"

By ANDRÉ PICARD
From Thursday's Globe and Mail


"Girls should markedly cut back their consumption of red meat, poultry and whole milk to reduce their exposure to dioxin, a chemical that can build up in the body and, in their childbearing years, harm their babies, a U.S. scientific panel says."
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The levels of dioxins in the breast milk of women in Canada's Far North is five-times higher than among women in the south."
toledoblade.com: "Nitrates in Fremont water unsafe for babies to drink

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Tuesday, July 01, 2003

Taipei Times - archives: "Association says breast is the best
By Melody Chen
STAFF REPORTER
Monday, Jun 30, 2003,Page 2

More than 100 pairs of parents yesterday brought their babies along to a function celebrating the establishment of the Breastfeeding Association Taiwan (BRA), the country's first organization to promote breastfeeding.

Chen Chao-huei (³¯¬L´f), chief of the neonatology division in Tai-chung Veterans General Hospital, was the author of an article exploring the relationship between SARS and breastfeeding. She attended the function to answer questions about breastfeeding.

There are no ready statistics on the prevalence of breastfeeding in Taiwan at the moment, but Chen said in the country's 'mother-baby-friendly hospitals,' around 80 to 90 percent of mothers breastfeed their newborn babies."