AU Professor Defends Classroom Breastfeeding
George Doyle/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A single mother and professor at Washington, D.C.’s American University who sparked controversy after she breastfed her toddler in class says that she wasn’t trying to start a revolution, but was trying …
Twin Study Shows Moisturizing, Breast Feeding Stall Breast Aging
James Woodson/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Breast feeding, daily moisturizing and hormone replacement therapy can make a woman’s breasts appear more beautiful, but smoking, drinking alcohol and having multiple pregnancies can take an aestheti…
Breast Milk Blocks HIV Transmission in Mice, Study Finds
George Doyle/Thinkstock(CHAPEL HILL, N.C.) — Women with HIV are often told by health care providers to refrain from breastfeeding for fear their breast milk will transmit the virus to their infants. But a new study released Thursday in the journal PLo…
Study: Only One-Third of Moms Breastfeed for First Three Months
George Doyle/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Most new moms hope to exclusively breastfeed their babies for at least the first three months, but a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that, for a variety of reasons, only about o…
Breast-Feeding ‘Time’ Cover Mom Responds to Critics
TIME(NEW YORK) — The California mom at the center of the Time magazine cover controversy knew there would be backlash, but she posed for photographs while nursing her 3-year-old son anyway.“Out of all families, I really feel like somebody has &h…
“Time” Cover Shows 3-Year-Old Breast-Feeding
TIME(NEW YORK) — Should a mom continue nursing her child even after he’s too big to be held in her arms? For mothers who practice what’s known as “attachment parenting,” the answer is an emphatic “yes” — and s…
Breastfeeding Advocates Protest Outside Facebook Offices
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A group of moms protested outside Facebook offices around the world on Monday, charging that the social network has repeatedly taken down photos that show mothers breastfeeding their babies.The site even disabl…
Breastfed Babies Cry More, UK Study Finds
George Doyle/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Breastfed babies cry more than formula-fed ones, but that’s normal, so stick with it. Formula-fed babies may be quieter but overfed.That’s the message the U.K. Medical Research Council wants mothers …
Why Is Public Breast-Feeding Still an Issue?
George Doyle/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A controversial tweet from NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne and “nurse-in” demonstrations by breast-feeding mothers at Target stores nationwide this week have re-ignited the debate about nursing in public. The question of …
Kasey Kahne Apologizes over Breast Feeding Comments
Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR(NEW YORK) — NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne is apologizing after drawing angry responses when he tweeted that he found a woman breast feeding her baby in a supermarket “nasty.”The driver, who finished in fo…