The 2002 study Karleen cited got a lot of excellent press -- front page treatment in some major news sources. The best way see some examples of that press treatment would be to google: July 2002 breast cancer breastfeeding Sadly, this metastudy that essentially laid to rest any question about the protective effects of breastfeeding against a variety of breast cancers was quickly forgotten by everyone, it seems. Kerry Ose *********************************************** 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