Hi all--

Listed below are two new journal studies that I received on MedScape
today....this is a great FREE service that sends you listings and links to
online journal articles. I signed up specifically for Women's Health issues,
but you can obtain other listings if you like. Just look for medscape.com and
sign up.

The one article supports what we all know about another advantage of
breastfeeding. The second one concerns me, as it supports the use of IV
fluids during labor, which many of us have anecdotally seen as potentially
causing some problems with extra fluid in the breasts in the immediate post
partum phase. The article has a critique attached that places some caveats on
it, but you know that many will just take the research at face value, so we
must be aware of the consequences that it brings.

Kathy Rubin in NJ

LONG-TERM BREASTFEEDING LOWERS MOTHER'S BREAST CANCER RISK
Women who breastfeed for at least 2 years cut their risk of developing
breast cancer by nearly half compared with women who breastfeed for less
than 6 months, researchers report.
http://womenshealth.medscape.com/33317.rhtml?srcmp=wh-020201

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Increased Intravenous
Hydration on the Course of Labor in Nulliparous WomenGarite TJ, Weeks J,
Peters-Phair K, Pattillo C, Brewster WR
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000;183:1544-1548

http://womenshealth.medscape.com/33177.rhtml?srcmp=wh-020201

http://womenshealth.medscape.com/Medscape/features/JournalScan/WomensHealth/20

01/js-wh0401.html

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