Six public health nurses attended a Med2000 seminar that looked to be promising, "Children's Health". The most positive part of the day was the emphasis placed on breastfeeding as a preventative measure for asthma. One study she cited which cast some doubt on this was referred to as the Tucson study which "followed a cohort of (1,000) children during the first 11 years of life" and showed "exclusive breastfeeding in infancy increased asthma risk" - hand out quotes. The reference that appears to be where the information came from (we weren't please with how they were cited, or not cited in this case): Stein, R. T., C. J. holberg, D. Sherrill, A. L. Wright, L. Taussig, and F. D. Martinez. Influence of parental smoking on respiratory symptoms during the first decade of life; the Tucson Children's Respiratory Study. Am J Epiemiol. 149(11);1030-1037, 1999. Theophylline was also cited as a first line treatment drug for asthma so Drs Jack and Rob's comments confirmed the suspicion we had on that bit of information. Another topic was obesity and children which did not include any information nor did the session on allergies or eating disorders or ADHD: am I just expecting too much? It just seemed to me that if they were willing to sing breastfeeding's praises regarding asthma how about the other topics? Anyway, any insight on this study as I prepare to find it and read in its entirety would be appreciated. Linda Beckler, RN, BSN, IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html