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Formula Companies Suck. End of Discussion
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: September 24, 2009
When is someone going to hold formula companies accountable for their horrendous marketing practices? A recent article here details the quickly falling breastfeeding rate in Vietnam, while formula companies are marketing products to mothers and babies that imply if your child is fed this particular food, they will become astronauts.
The bigger issue here isn’t even [...]
Family History of Breast Cancer? Breastfeed Your Babies!
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: August 11, 2009
Yet more research has been done confirming the protective factors of breastfeeding for women. This time, it was done in the at-risk population of women with a family history of breast cancer. [Full article]
What kills me about this particular article is that it clearly illustrates how the study was performed, why it is better than [...]
Pregnant women dying in Peru
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 9, 2009
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/peru.pregnant.mortality/index.html
Above is a link to an article about the high maternal mortality rate in Peru. Interesting read, but I want to draw your attention to the picture and caption that goes along with the article. In yet another example of media (and medical) bias, the picture shows an indigenous woman giving birth. She is standing, [...]
Banning Percocet and Vicodin
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 7, 2009
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A longer article, but worth the read. My thoughts below.
Proposed Tylenol restrictions worry patients
FDA is considering reduced maximum dose, ban on Vicodin and Percocet
The Associated Press
updated 5:52 p.m. CT, Tues., July 7, 2009
WASHINGTON – Proposed limits on Tylenol, a painkiller as common as pain itself, have left many consumers fearful, confused and wondering where [...]
Middle-schooler strip searched for drugs
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: June 25, 2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A former middle-school student who was strip-searched by school officials looking for ibuprofen pain medication won a partial victory of her Supreme Court appeal Thursday in a case testing the discretion of officials to ensure classroom safety.
Savana Redding leaves the U.S Supreme Court in April. She was 13 when she was strip-searched.
Savana [...]
Breastfeeding: A public policy issue
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: May 28, 2009
- In: Breastfeeding| Health| culture| feminism| politics
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This is a fabulous article by Melissa Bartick over at the Huffington Post. Normally, I don’t read much of what they write over there, but this is truly an incredible piece. Enjoy!
Lack of policy and infrastructure to support breastfeeding in the US means that breastfeeding is made unnecessarily difficult. Breastfeeding is an important public health [...]
Now I’m scared
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: September 29, 2008
What the heck is this country coming to?? The economic meltdown is finally starting to freak me out. I have no real idea of how to fix any of this. I imagine you’d need at least a couple of Ph.D.s in economics and finance to truly understanding all the complexities. All I know is I’m [...]
Terror Watch List: Are you on it?
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 14, 2008
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s former top criminal prosecutor says the government’s terror watch list likely has caused thousands of innocent Americans to be questioned, searched or otherwise hassled.
Former Assistant Attorney General Jim Robinson would know: He’s one of them.
Robinson joined another mistaken-identity American and the American Civil Liberties Union on Monday to urge [...]
Down the drain
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: July 12, 2008
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This may be a little melodramatic, but I’m feeling rather down and it seems the world is headed that way too.
Iran is allegedly testing missiles. The stock market took a big hit due to a huge bank going under. There are sickos in the world digging up corpses and violating them. Not to [...]
Moving on…Oil Increase? Not likely.
Posted by: 1wmcaw on: June 22, 2008
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — Saudi Arabia will increase its daily oil production from 9 million barrels to 9.7 million in the near future to counter the sharp rise in international oil prices, Saudi King Abdullah said Sunday.
The country’s petroleum minister, Ali I. Al-Naimi, said that increase will take place in July.
It would be Saudi [...]
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