Guess we should bypass the local news organizations and go to the big guns
to point out the problems with these studies? This was in response to a
letter I wrote on the asthma/breastfeeding studies recently published. Sherry
Weersing RNC

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Hi Sheryl,
   The news releases and wire copy I wrote the story from never mentioned
formula. It only defined the study participants as "having been breastfeed
for at least 4 weeks.
   We did not, and do not routinely, get full copies of studies, but utilize
news services like Associated Press, Reuters, and others who do see them.

Thanks for your input!

Dawn Heefner
HealthCheck Producer

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 3:33 AM
> To:   Cyber6, WPVI
> Subject:  COMPLAINT
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> username: Sheryl Weersing RN
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> CITY: Thornton
> STATE: Pa
> DESCRIPTION:  It would be really nice if you would check facts and study
> results before you check them. The breastfeeding/asthma study you reported
> on did not use totally breastfed infants in their study. Many were fed
> formula in the hospital and many fed for only FOUR weeks. You would have
> been better off reporting that the study showed that the early
> introduction of artifical milk increases the rate of asthma and allergies.
> Why do you think that asthma and allergies have increased? It certainly is
> not due to an increasing rate of EXCLUSIVE breastfeeding.
>    It is amazing how the media plays right into the hands of formula
> companies and puts false information that it harmful to both mom and
> babies out there.
>   Have you ever done a piece on how terrible our society is to new moms?
> How unsupportive hospital staff can be? How even doctors often don't know
> a thing about proper infant nutrition, as if disease is the only aspect
> they learn in medical school?
>   Please, I am a maternity nurse who has a tough enough time getting moms
> to have enough confidence in themselves without the news media joining in
> to sabbotage them.
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