Black mothers are faced with a disproportionate number of barriers to breastfeeding compared to other racial and ethnic groups. Black mothers are faced with a disproportionate number of barriers to ...

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As a pediatrician, I thought my medical background and pediatric training meant I would be well prepared to breastfeed my newborn. I knew all about the research on how an infant's diet can affect both ...

Ann L. Kellams receives funding from NICHD for her research and Pediatric UptoDate as an author. She is the immediate past-president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. But I struggled to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Examining race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status together gives intersectional understanding of breastfeeding ...

Here's what new research says about the experiences of rural parents who want to breastfeed, including why they stop sooner and how experts can advocate for breastfeeding parents. Fact checked by ...

Brands that empower women to feel good about breastfeeding are hard to come by. One new startup seems to have the right idea. There’s a lot of money to be made off of making women (and mothers, in ...

The main takeaway from a recent US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) update on breastfeeding interventions is that a lack of support at the primary care level, compounded by societal barriers, ...