#New technologies reuse old marketing tactics to undermine breastfeeding

#New technologies reuse old marketing tactics to undermine breastfeeding

New products that claim to replicate mother’s milk have entered the lucrative market for infant formula. To an anthropologist and public health scholar who studies breastfeeding, these claims appear to be built on old patterns of misleading scientific statements—and reveal the power of marketing to exploit gaps created by inadequate societal support for breastfeeding. The…

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#No links between opioids or certain antibiotics in pregnancy and major birth defects

#No links between opioids or certain antibiotics in pregnancy and major birth defects

Two studies published by The BMJ today find no links between prescription opioids or macrolide antibiotics taken during pregnancy and risk of major birth defects. Both opioids (painkillers) and macrolides (antibiotics) are often prescribed during pregnancy. Some previous studies have reported associations between exposure to opioids and macrolides and certain birth defects, but results are…

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