feeding baby
Is cow’s milk protein allergy overdiagnosed?
Cow’s milk protein allergy may be helping the baby milk industry to form relationships with paediatricians, warns one expert An investigation published by the BMJ suggests that cows’ milk protein …
Clinical tips: breastfeeding
Pharmacists can play a huge role in advising new parents on feeding their baby, write Jarrod McMaugh, Adam Greco and Vanessa Kee New parenthood is a hectic time in a …
Organised support helps women keep breastfeeding
More support could help women keep breastfeeding for longer, according to a large international review Researchers looked at 73 studies with a total of almost 75,000 women and found that …
New formula course for pharmacy assistants
The Guild Pharmacy Academy is now offering a course, entitled Goat’s milk formula course for pharmacy assistants. The course outlines the role that pharmacy assistants have in supporting breastfeeding in …
Guild Pharmacy Academy offers goat’s milk formula course
The Guild Pharmacy Academy now offers a special course, titled Goat’s Milk Formula, which outlines the important role that pharmacists have in discussing infant feeding issues and supporting breastfeeding in …
Faulding expands into infant milk formula
Faulding is expanding its portfolio to include Australian-made infant milk formula. The pharmacy-only Faulding Gold Infant Formula range includes Newborn, Follow-On and Toddler formulas. Unlike many premium brands, Faulding Gold …
Aspen brings S-26 GOLD production back home
Aspen Nutritionals Australia has announced that its S-26 GOLD stages 1-4 products are now part of an all ANZ manufactured range, as it brings production back on home soil. S-26 …
Baby formula market needs better regulation: Deakin economists
Images of empty supermarket shelves and angry parents unable to buy baby formula for their children highlight the impact of a trading practice that needs to be better regulated in …
Mums the focus of Be Medicinewise Week: Day One
During this year’s annual Be Medicinewise Week, Australians are encouraged to ‘be medicinewise at all ages and life stages’ and the focus for the first day of the campaign is …
Clinical tips: feeding Baby
Providing the best advice on infant formula is a minefield for pharmacists, who don’t have enough resources on feeding Baby themselves, writes Karalyn Huxhagen Community pharmacy is often approached to provide …
UWA in breastfeeding research world-first
Mothers, breastfeeding infants, families and the community are set to benefit from the creation of major new research positions in human lactation at The University of Western Australia, as a …
Exclusive breastfeeding stops by two months for half: study
University of Tasmania researchers who studied data from 22,000 mother and infant pairs have found that babies being fed exclusively breast milk is not common, and that half of the …