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Infant feeding for parents with HIV: a decision at the intersection of reproductive justice, ethics and medicine

January 13, 2023January 11, 2023Breastfeeding, Breastmilk, Chestfeeding, Formula, HIV, Infant feeding, Parent

Parenting is hard. Making any parenting decision is especially hard in our current world with opinions from every side: family, friends, medical providers, even opinions

From The Labs

Connecting the dots between lactating mother’s diet, milk composition, microbiome and benefits of mother’s milk

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021Breastfeeding, diet, HMO, metabolic health, milk microbiome, Research

This study reports the first evidence that the mother’s diet while breastfeeding can shape the profile of HMOs, a type of food for microbes, which in turn modifies the functional abilities of the milk microbiome.

Policywise

When breastfeeding isn’t best

April 28, 2017April 27, 2017AIDS, Baby, Breastfeeding, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Cultural Norms, Dr. Janet Malek, ethics, HIV, medical ethics, Values

The joy of a new baby brings new challenges, not the least of which is breastfeeding. These challenges are compounded when the mother is also