In a message dated 3/30/00 3:30:11 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<< What about the new oral prep?  It sounds good to me and it may eliminate
the controversy over vit K and cancer. >>

I may be misunderstanding your point, but the entire premise that newborns
are deficient at all in vit K has long been challenged in the midwifery
community. Michel Odent has done studies which indicate that lowered levels
of vit K are normal *and* desirable and that artificially elevating them
*routinely* poses health risks.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA

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