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Chiropractor - Pomona
1581 Route 202 Pacesetter Park
Pomona, NY 10970
845-354-7621
1581 Route 202 Pacesetter Park
Pomona, NY 10970
845-354-7621
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- 2012
- January (11)
- PFC Lowers Antibodies!
- People Don't Stop Smoking After Seing Plaque in Carotids!
- Pharmaceutical Companies and Physicians
- Importance of Vitamin D
- Statin Drugs and Diabetes
- Heart Attacks and Long Distance Running
- Wasted Research Money?
- Nicotine Patch Ineffective
- So How Much Exercise Can You Squeeze In?
- Neti-Pot Problems
- AHA Study: Heart Disease Increasing
- 2011
- December (11)
- Cranberries vs. Antibiotics for UTI
- Antioxidants Reduce Cancer Risk
- Back Surgery: Too Many, Too Costly, Too Ineffective!
- Simvastin (Zocor, Vytorin, Simcor) Danger
- Physicians Rate Insurance Companies
- Anti-coagulant Drug Problems
- Bad News about Stop Smoking Drug
- Antibiotics: Inappropriately Used
- Exercise More Important Than BMI
- Pediatric Antibiotis: Over Prescribed?
- FDA Criticized Dr. Oz But Was It Fair?
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In nearly 80% of U.S. hospitals, breastfeeding infants are given formula when it's not medically necessary, according to an analysis from the Center for Disease Control's 2009 Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care survey.
The biennial survey, which collects data from all U.S. facilities with maternity beds, measures whether hospitals follow the WHO/UNICEF's "Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding." Among the other findings, published in MMWR:
- Only 14% of hospitals have model breastfeeding policies.
- Just one third practice "rooming in," where babies stay in their mothers' rooms rather than the hospital nursery.
- In almost three quarters of hospitals, mothers do not get the necessary support at discharge to continue breastfeeding (e.g., referral to lactation consultants).
The CDC advises providers to take several steps, including:
- Learn to educate mothers on breastfeeding at prenatal visits.
- Support breastfeeding after delivery until breastfeeding stops.
- Include breastfeeding experts on patient care teams.
Editor's note: One would expect the reverse statistics in the year 2011 particularly after the hundreds of studies that have clearly proven the overwhelming benefits of breast feeding.