I just reread the study. 21% of babies were switched from donor milk to preterm formula. These were babies 23-29 weeks gestation with mean of 27 weeks gestation. This is certainly not my area of expertise. But, the stated aim was to evaluate ³short-term outcomes² rather than long term outcomes. Because of the amount of money involved in selling preterm formula and formula in general, this study has moved from being a footnote or a step in the evaluation of premie nutrition to a headline grabber. The authors are less to blame than the media who are eager to breathe controversy into what should have been a minor study. I havenıt seen the news, but I hope that Dr. Schanler is ³on² and letting people know that this study is being misinterpreted. Letıs make that clear and stop defending and debating this one piece of research. By the way, Dr. Schanler, Dr. Lau Charles Imo, and some of the others involved have previously done research on fortifiers funded by Wyeth and Ross. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/100/2/240 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/103/6/1150 These and other studies were not uniformly laudatory of fortifiers and, again, these researchers are good people who support human milk for human babies. Jay Gordon *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html