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Tiny Bottles of Relief Arrive for Haiti's Newborns

(Jan. 28) -- For newborns struggling for life in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, 140 tiny but powerful bottles of relief arrived Thursday afternoon: breast milk donated by American mothers. The bottles were no bigger than travel toiletries – 3 ounces – but chock full of the nutrients and immunities so...

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Breast Milk Bank Shortages Prompt Concern

There's plenty of partisanship when it comes to the subject of breast milk.

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A Groupon For Breast Milk?

Groupon offers deep discounts on food and drink, but historically, breast milk has not been on the menu.

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05/05/12 New milk bank opens in Kansas City Source: NBC - Action News KHSB - Kansas City MO Ideally, a mother's own breast milk is the best nutritional option for newborn babies.
05/02/12 St. Luke's Opens Breast Milk Bank Source: ABC - KMBC-TV - Kansas City MO When Stephanie Donnell's preemie daughter was in intensive care at St. Luke's Hospital two months ago, she was fed milk from donor mothers that had to be shipped all the way from Denver.
11/04/11 Breast Milk Banks Of America Needs More Of That Liquid... Source: Bossip The rising demand for human breast milk in neonatal intensive care units has prompted an impassioned plea from America's milk banks.
03/30/11 Mother's Milk Bank at Austin making urgent call for... Source: Elgin Courier Online - Elgin TX The Mothers' Milk Bank at Austin, one of the largest suppliers of donor human milk to hospitals across Texas and in 14 states, is joining The Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) to ask healthy lactating mothers to consider donating to a milk bank so that fragile babies will be fed this life-giving and sustaining nutrition.