The latest Medscape Pediatrics round-up had a number of useful articles 
-- most of this stuff is not news to the LC, but it's great to see this 
getting out to the general HCP:

on the great gut flora of a home-birthed, breastfed baby:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/542618?src=mp

on bowel movement counts to assess the early days of BF:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/541764?src=mp

a review article on newborn jaundice
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/541770?src=mp
(which put a great emphasis on frequent breastfeeding, and along with 
vivid descriptions of kernicterus including this cool factoid, which 
I've seen in BF publications but not much elsewhere:

> Of interest, bilirubin is thought to have some beneficial antioxidant 
> effects at normal levels and has sparked new interest in jaundice re 
> search (Greenberg, 2002; Schwoebel & Sakraida, 1997). Laboratory 
> studies in rats are ongoing to determine the significance of bilirubin 
> in oxidative injury with potential benefit in stroke and Alzheimer's 
> disease prevention.

A couple of vitamin-D articles:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/542395?src=mp
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/542348?src=mp

probably not directly BF-related, but an article on SSRIs used prenatally:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/542446?src=mp

and since we're always encouraging mothers not to leave babies for 
hours  in those snap-in car seats, an article noting that even term 
babies can have lower oxygenation levels when slumped into a car seat

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/542536?src=mp

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Margaret Wills, LLLL, IBCLC, Maryland

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