Part of an article on the Rueters news service on the Internet:

 The distribution of take-home samples of infant formula to new mothers at
hospital discharge does not discourage breastfeeding, experts say.

Pediatric researchers at the University of Iowa in Iowa City compared the
breastfeeding patterns of mothers receiving either formula- or
breastmilk-oriented hospital discharge feeding kits. [BTY, these were a
manual breast pump.] They say their findings "do not support the belief held
by many health professionals... that infant formula discharge packages
decrease the duration of breastfeeding."

The study is published in this month's Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent
Medicine.
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Is there a way to find out who funded this study?  From what I've read most
research done these days is funded by pharmaceutical companies, as they have
the money and interest to do it.

Don't you love the lead sentence?  "...experts say."  An expert is just a
former pert, you know.

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee
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