News of some potentially enticing upcoming free study events for health professionals, heavily sponsored by and attended by infant milk manufacturers, in Manchester and Birmingham. Already many of our colleagues have been talking about these study events in forums online, and students from a number of the midwifery / health visiting courses in the NW have been circulating the information …
Breastfeeding in the news: 29th January 2016 saw the launch of the long awaited Lancet Breastfeeding Series of papers, with some international interest being sparked. Some of the funding for the work behind this suite of documents came from the Gates Foundation headed by Bill and Melinda Gates, which improved the profile of this work considerably. From the Lancet website: … Read More
LIFIB has been made aware of a workbook being circulated by Alliance Healthcare around the Alphega Pharmacies chain, aimed at training pharmacy staff, which is clearly targeting and exploiting new families’ concerns, and building relationships to drive up profits. The products and topics discussed include standard infant milks, specialist infant milks, follow on milks, good night milks, growing up milks, …
Research by Swansea University suggests that the cultural desire for a baby who sleeps through the night so that parents can get plenty of rest and relaxation time, is not a biologically good thing, and have released a video to help new parents find out about baby sleep and feeding patterns. The video challenges the idea that babies should be …
LIFIB has been working hard in March, and one of the things we are delighted to share with you is our four new parent / carer information leaflets, on Lactose Intolerance, Cows’ Milk Protein Allergy, Colic, and Reflux. These can be found on the front page of our website www.LIFIB.org.uk and do not require membership of the site to view … Read More
Proudly announcing LIFIB’s first 2016/2017 educational event, 9.30pm-4.30pm on the 18th May, featuring Maureen Minchin, Australian author of the highly acclaimed ‘Milk Matters’ published last year, and Dr Helen Crawley of First Steps Nutrition Trust. This promises to be an event not to be missed: suitable for frontline staff such as paediatricians, GPs, paediatric nurses, breastfeeding peer supporters, neonatal staff, … Read More
