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Farmers Raise Goats To Produce Human Breastmilk
Udder is best? Doesn't have quite the same ring as "breast is best" but if Russian scientists have their way, they'll basically mean the same thing. Researchers in Russia and Belarus are working on genetically engineering goats so that they'll produce milk that is identical to that produced by lactating humans. Sure, but how will it taste cru...
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Babble Wrap: Bushfire Donations Exceed Tsunami Collection
Bushfire donations exceed tsunami Collection Australians have proven that even in tough economic times, we are generous souls, as it is revealed that almost $53 million has been donated since bushfire appeals began this week. SMH Boy's lucky escape from north Queensland flood An eight-year-old boy has been rescued from underground storm water...
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Little Girl With Bowel Disease Kept Alive On Donated Breastmilk
Two-year-old Grace Vaught of Westminster, Colorado, has what her doctors say is a very bad case of inflammatory bowel disease. According to an article in the Longmont Times-Call, beginning around a year ago the girl would vomit repeatedly each night; it was obvious there was something terribly wrong. As her symptoms grew worse, Grace began refusing...
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Breast Milk Used to Fight Cancer in Nine-Year-Old Girl
Breast milk. Is there anything it can't do? A Queensland mother had attributed the substantial recovery by her gravely ill daughter use of human breast milk. When the 9-year-old was diagnosed with a life-threatening tumour last year, doctors gave her a bleak prognosis. Mum's friend, a midwife, had read of the healing properties of breast m...
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Pete Wentz: “I’ve Tasted Ashley’s Breast Milk.”
To take heat of his decision to name a child Bronx Mowgli, Pete Wentz recently announced he's tasted Ashley Simpson's breast milk. So what did Pete think? Unfortunately, Pete thinks Ash's BM (not bowel movement, people) tastes "weird" and "sour." Thanks, Pete. Read more...
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Man Says Drinking Breastmilk Cured His Cancer
We've all heard breast is best, but best for a middle-aged man fighting prostate cancer? Howard Cohen says he chased away the cancer cells with daily drinks of mother's milk - human mothers.In this video sent my way after reporting on the Facebook ban of breastfeeding mothers, Cohen, an American, chats with a British interviewer about...
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Did You Know? Breastfeeding Protects Against Cancer
If the world seems awash with pink at the moment you're not seeing things - It's Breast Cancer Awareness month. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed type of invasive cancer amongst Australian women. Most (about 75 per cent) of women diagnosed with breast cancer are over 50 and post-menopausal, but young women are still in danger of develo...
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Is Lactation Really That Sexy? This Guy Thinks So
My husband was very supportive of me breastfeeding our five kids - as long as he didn't have to watch too closely. Whenever I said anything like, "Look, honey! When I remove the pad, milk shoots out like a geyser! I bet I can hit you in the forehead from here!" he immediately fled the premises. Read more...
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Grieving Mother Donates 300 Litres of Breastmilk
A grieving US mother turned the loss of one of her premature twins into an opportunity to help hundreds of other babies. Kelley Durant gave birth three-and-a-half months early to twins Cameron and Ressa. Unfortunately the female twin, Ressa, died of an infection just three weeks later. In an act of incredible kindness and dedication, Durant conti...
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