The first article is up and breastfeeding, & the risk of not breastfeeding ARE mentioned several times! http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol361/iss9376/child_survival "Infants aged 0-5 months who are not breastfed have seven-fold and five- fold increased risks of death from diarrhoea and pneumonia, respectively, compared with infants who are exclusively breastfed.(14) At the same age, non-exclusive rather than exclusive breastfeeding results in more than two- fold increased risks of dying from diarrhoea or pneumonia.(15) 6-11-month- old infants who are not breastfed also have an increased risk of such deaths.(16)" Margaret Young in Burnaby BC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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