More than 70 percent of new mothers now breastfeed their infants because of the proven health benefits for both infant and mother. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that infants receive ...

As breastfeeding rates increase and legal and cultural support for workplace breastfeeding grows, employers who offer comprehensive lactation benefits can be ahead of the curve in the competition to ...

Parents returning to work after having a baby are adjusting to their new lives, while learning how to manage responsibilities at work and at home. Companies can ease the transition back to work by ...

Mother's milk is well documented to be the optimal source of nutrition for newborn babies; however, mothers of very low birth weight (VLBW) babies (those who weigh less than 1500 grams -- ...

A Kittery startup that's using technology to assist breastfeeding parents on Thursday announced a $1.15 million seed financing round and a partnership with the Maine Bureau of Human Resources to ...

Twelve students in Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Human Lactation program were honored at the Gordon County Campus in Calhoun. The event was an opportunity for the students to celebrate ...

In recognition of the well documented health advantages of breastfeeding for infants and mothers, the University of Wyoming provides a supportive environment to enable breastfeeding and breast pumping ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — This week marks the 10th Anniversary of Black Breastfeeding Week. The week was created to break down barriers around breastfeeding in Black and Brown communities. A program at North ...

JCSU is trying to bring more diversity into the lactation consultant field not only to benefit the health of the mother, but also the baby. Personal experience drew 34-year-old Afton Jones to the ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB) — If you take few turns and steps downstairs in the Niagara County Department of Health building, you will find a new addition to the building – a lactation. Painted in a pale ...

New students may begin the program in the fall or spring term. Didactic classes meet on the Drexel Center City Campus once per week from 6 to 9:50 p.m. Supervised practice is completed in Philadelphia ...