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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Customers at the hospital or at the doc's office

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In the US, we have witnessed a change of view regarding health care. We are no longer considered "patients," although that is what...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Job Fair--wanted infant formula or breast pump reps

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I just happened to run across an advertisement for a job at JOBcentral entitled, "neonatal academic sales associate" for Mead Joh...
Sunday, December 13, 2009

World Health Organization: hiv and breastfeeding

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In November of 2009, the WHO (World Health Organization) issued a document called, "HIV and infant feeding: Revised Prinicples & Re...
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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Dr. Luc Montagnier, human milk, and oxidative stress

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"Immunotec Congratulates 2008 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine, Dr. Luc Montagnier." He won the prize for his 1984 discovery of hiv....
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Pregnancy, Florida law, hiv tests, and informed consent

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Florida Statute 381.004 Back in 2005 the Florida legislature created a law in which informed consent for testing of sexually transmitted dis...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

What's wrong with patenting human milk components?

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Why should we be concerned about the patenting and commodification of human milk components? It's a good thing, right? It shows that at ...
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Valerie W. McClain
How does one describe oneself to those who landed on this page in this virtual library called the internet? I was born in Canada and moved to the USA when I was six years old. I graduated from the State University College of New York at Potsdam with a BA, majoring in political science. Got married, got divorced. Got married again, had children, got divorced. I birthed all my babies at home, breastfed them, and became a La Leche League leader for 10 years. I became an a IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) in 1991 and retired that credential in the fall of 2011. I was employed by the WIC Program for 4 years in Volusia County, Florida. In 1998 I began to question the reasoning behind denying hiv positive women the right to breastfeed. In my research for answers I stumbled upon a human milk component patent to be used to treat hiv/aids patients. Thus began my quest to understand why so much of the real knowledge of human milk is buried.
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