Articles of interest:

AAP News January 2001

page 18 "Premature, sick infants are banking on human breast milk" by Sue
Wallace, RN

Discusses human milk banking and San Diego's satellite clinic of the San
Jose bank, encouraging donors and how to obtain banked milk. Features quotes
from Ruth Lawrence, Mary Rose Tully and Larry Gartner.

Page 3 "Safely storing mother's milk"
A condensation of an article: Ogundele MO. Eur J Pediatr. 2000;159:793-797

JAMA  January 24/31, 2001

page 413 "Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) A
Randomized Trial in the Republic of Belarus"
Kramer MS et al
Study of 17,000 breastfeeding pairs - use of BFHI - conclusion: BFHI group
had longer duration and degree of exclusive breastfeeding as well as
decreased risk of gastrointestinal illness and atopic eczema in the first
year of life.

page 463 Editorial "Breastfeeding in Belarus" by Ruth Lawrence

Page 490 JAMA Patient Page  "Breastfeeding"

All this in just one day's mail!
Gail S. Hertz, MD, IBCLC

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