>Claire Bloodgood posted:
>
>High bilirubin levels can be damaging, but does it automatically follow
>that if too much is bad then none is good?  Bilirubin appears to protect
>the newborn from diseases involving oxidative stress.  What I gather from
>this article is that eliminating all bilirubin too quickly may do more harm
>than good.  I'd be interested in hearing others' opinions on this.
>
><http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/6/1776>

Did you read the whole article? I can only get the abstract, so I'm 
wondering whether they're suggesting that all breastfed newborns be targted 
for this treatment or simply the ones who had dangerously high bilirubin 
levels. It makes sense to have an additional option for treating high 
bilirubin, but did any of the study infants have such high levels?

regards,
Julia

Julia R. Barrett
Freelance Science Writer & Editor
Mom to Sean (5) and Kira (just shy of 2)
Madison, Wisconsin

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