Here is a link to one of many articles that came out in July 2002 about a metastudy that found that breastfeeding dramatically reduces the risk of breast cancer. Why everyone in the world seems to act as though this study never came out, I cannot begin to understand. http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn2570 Also, here is my question about the decline in HRT being responsible for the drop in breast cancer rates: If the theory behind this is that the estrogen deprivation keeps breast cancers from developing, then why is all the current coverage of the 7% drop studiously ignoring the fact that breastfeeding *also* reduces estrogen? Breastfeeding initiation rates have gone from something like 20% in 1970 to 70% now. Am I missing the reason why no one (in any of the major media coverage, anyway) is hypothesizing that the increase in breastfeeding rates is related to the decrease in breast cancer rates? Kerry Ose, PhD *********************************************** 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 email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html