The goal of the recent American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Statement1 was to
communicate the positive personal and public health ramifications of exclusive and …

Although the 2022 policy statement on breastfeeding from the American Academy of
Pediatrics primarily addresses clinicians caring for pediatric patients, the Academy urges …

The 8 th volume of Breastfeeding Medicine is being launched with this issue. Breastfeeding
as a field of science is firmly launched. Established investigators are searching for additional …

My journey as an infertility patient began far more recently—midway, ironically, through my
own fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. In a surreal role …

The response to Amy Kennedy's ''Perspective''article in a recent issue of the New England
Journal of Medicine entitled ''Breast or Bottle—The Illusion of Choice''1 has been in many …

All of us who are supporters of breastfeeding wear multiple hats, be it as clinicians,
researchers, educators, public health policy advocates, or role models, and thus I feel free to …

Given the myriad health benefits of breastfeeding for mother and child, professional
healthcare organizations support exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life unless …

This issue of the Pediatric Clinics of North America was designed to present comprehensive
reviews of (1) the development, anatomy, and physiology of the mammary gland,(2) the …

Everyone agrees that breastfeeding is best. The benefits are countless, and more and more
mothers are trying to nurse their babies. We are told that breastfeeding is an inherent skill …

“Breastfeeding saves lives” and “Breast is best!” are well-known slogans for physicians and
women. Putting the newborn to the breast to nurse is now considered “normative” in the …