This is an appeal to those of you with references at your fingertips: I work as an English secretary-medical editor in an active cardiology division. My boss is very research-oriented, is a full professor of cardiology, and chairman of the med school's MD thesis committee. I would like to interest him in supporting research, possibly by a med student or whatever, in linking bfing with future protection against cardiac disease. I remember reading of two studies, both pretty old: one was in 1963 I believe, in England, and involved posting adolescents who died from trauma and looking at degree of occlusion of coronary arteries, found that those who had been breastfed as infants had significantly less occlusion than those bottlefed. The other was done in Boston or Cambridge, late 60s or 70s, and had something to do with adult cholesterol level and whether or not breastfed (breastfed had lower levels). I have read ABOUT these studies but could not get the studies themselves. Can anyone get them and fax them to me? That's no. 1. No. 2 is, does anyone know of any more recent relevant studies linking bfing and cardiac disease protection? If I can intrigue him sufficiently, there is a good chance of some interesting research being done. Thanks, one and all. Judy Knopf