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Breast-Feeding Canadian Moms Create Flash Mob at Mall

Canada is up in arms about breast-feeding and whether it's really OK to do it in public. And with the help of blogs and Facebook, angry moms are taking it to the streets -- or to the mall, in this case. About a hundred mothers in Montreal staged a "nurse-in" protest at a downtown shopping complex last week, breast-feeding...

Science: Bottle-Fed Babies Guzzle Themselves Obese

(Sept. 30) -- Does your bottle-fed baby just love to lay down with a plastic teat firmly entrenched between her little lips? Do her cherubic cheeks swell with infant formula that gushes freely into her rotund belly? Your baby is bottle-feeding herself into a lifetime of obesity, because she's just not working hard enough...

Fark's Weird News Quiz (Puppy Hurling Edition)

(June 18) -- Editor's note: How well do you follow weird news? Find out with this strange news quiz from our obsessive friends at Fark.com. Test your knowledge, and check your answers below. 1. Internet culture lost a battle to a traditional organization earlier this week when: a) BP network administrators disrupted a...

Opinion: Pediatricians Need to Get With the Breastfeeding Program

(April 6) -- When my first daughter was born, I was a little taken aback when our very old-school pediatrician demanded to know whether I would breast- or bottle-feed her. This seemed like an intrusive question from a doctor who made it abundantly clear that I should be breastfeeding. And yet, as my newborn and I struggled...

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Creepy Or Cute?: Breastfeeding PSA Features Talking Baby With Grown-Up Mug

In a video spot reminiscent of the famous talking-baby E*TRADE ads , the Kentucky Mayor's Healthy Hometown initiative aims to raise awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding in a new series of public service announcements.

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Gina Ciagne, CLC: America's Breastfeeding Resolution for 2012

Controversy about breastfeeding in public is at a fever pitch.

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Kasey Kahne, NASCAR Driver, Tweets Against Breastfeeding In Public, Ignites Controversy Among Fans

NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne got a mouthful from upset fans on Tuesday after Tweeting that he was disgusted by a mother breastfeeding her baby at a grocery store.

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Breastfeeding in Public

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Background on breastfeeding in public

Breastfeeding in public deals with the social attitudes to nursing mothers breastfeeding their babies in a public or semi-public place and to laws which either deprive them of the right or which recognize their choice to do so.

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