Oooh count me in the Alan Cunningham fan club - can we get him on this list? I positively *love* his bibliographies, they are soooo well put together, well thought out, well researched, well argued... he is just.... <she swoons thinking of ways to describe such intellect> I wish they were on line!!!!!!! Does he ever need people like this list to discuss his/the research? I wish I could have gone to this conf too! Tina Smillie MD <[log in to unmask]> said >Greetings from your roving reporter-- <snip> >The first session I attended was Allan Cunningham on a global epidemiological >review of morbidity and mortality comparing BF and artifically fed infants. > It was good, but not as deep or comprehensive as i expected, yet on another >level I liked the way he took everyone in the audience down from a stick >figure of a generic human (who can think, play music, do math, write poetry, >have a spiritual life, etc), thru the brain, down to the neuron to the >synapse, and down to the lipid membrane to the long chain fatty acids of the >various poly unsaturated fats that make up that membrane-- then showed how >those unsaturated fats, by virtue of the actual chemistry that sounds so >arcane, would make the lipid membrane more fluid and hence different than >those made with different lipids, and hence the lack of one particular fatty >acid might make a significant impact on brain development and function. then >looked at studies like Lucas and Cole on IQ etc, and another looking a >newborn vision w auditory evoked potentials, and made the whole thing simple. _______________________________________________________________________ Narelle Clark o o Underfed, underwashed, underslept - but well loved. \ / o o \ / It's great being a parent! ` '` '` '` ' [log in to unmask]