Remember when you are quoting this study that it's for ANY breastmilk EVER. While 70% are breastfeeding as leaving the hospital, 33 percent of those are already supplementing -- greatly diminishing their returns. The media is focussed on this first result, but the study also calculates a risk of .62 for 3 months of ANY breastfeeding versus less or none (1 divided by .62 gives 61% more likely do die if receiving only formula at 3 months). Hopefully the next study will measure exclusive breastfeeding. *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html