http://tinyurl.com/apbvs Laurie A. Nommsen-Rivers" reports in Journal of Human Lactation on a new study by Bahl et al. that for infants in Ghana, India and Peru, there is 10.5 times the risk of death for never breastfed versus predominantly breastfed. Only partially breastfed is 2.5 times the risk. Here's link to the full study by Bahl: http://tinyurl.com/8785d *********************************************** 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