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This morning, I witnessed a lady brushing her teeth while driving. Also, in adults-first libertarianism news, a mother allegedly killed her baby, with meth-laced breast milk. Good one. Or as the Mail Online, UK, reports, “A 26-year-old woman has been charged with murdering her…newborn son after he drank her methamphetamine-laced breast milk.” Of course, drug addicts only see rights in their adults-first libertarian terms. “Six-week-old Michael Acosta III was taken to the hospital after he stopped breathing last November and was pronounced dead.” But prepare, for adults-first libertarians, devoted to “reason” to ignore the science. Or as we’re also informed,...

The scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk. Human milk contains high quantities of key nutrients that can help to boost the immune system of babies and reduce the risk of infections. The scientists behind the research believe milk from herds of genetically modified cows could provide an alternative to human breast milk and formula milk for babies, which is often criticised as being an inferior substitute. They hope genetically modified dairy products from herds of similar cows could be sold in supermarkets. The research has...

Ice cream containing mothers' breast milk has been confiscated from a London shop that caused a stir — and some long lines — when it introduced the product last week. Westminster Council officials say the flavor, dubbed Baby Gaga, must undergo testing to ensure it doesn't pose a health threat. "Selling foodstuffs made from another person's bodily fluids can lead to viruses being passed on and in this case, potentially hepatitis," said Brian Connell of the Westminster Council, according to Reuters. According to the news agency, Icecreamists founder Matt O'Connor calls the council's concerns "complete rubbish." "If the ice cream...

A large part of human milk cannot be digested by babies and seems to have a purpose quite different from infant nutrition — that of influencing the composition of the bacteria in the infant’s gut. The details of this three-way relationship between mother, child and gut microbes are being worked out by three researchers at the University of California, Davis — Bruce German, Carlito Lebrilla and David Mills. They and colleagues have found that a particular strain of bacterium, a subspecies of Bifidobacterium longum, possesses a special suite of genes that enable it to thrive on the indigestible component of...

CLIFTON, England, - A British woman who uses breast milk in food she serves to friends and sells to strangers said she turned to her own milk for its health benefits. Abi Blake, 30, of Clifton, England, said her breast milk tarts, smoothies, lasagna, cheesecake and other dishes have proven popular with friends, family and customers for their health benefits and better taste, The Sun reported Thursday. "Although the idea of eating something made out of someone else's breast milk may make some people's stomachs turn, it is full of vitamins that can never be found in cow's milk," Blake...

CHICAGO – The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women fed their babies breast milk only for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says. Those startling results, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, are only an estimate. But several experts who reviewed the analysis said the methods and conclusions seem sound. "The health care system has got to be aware that breast-feeding makes a profound difference," said Dr. Ruth Lawrence, who heads the American Academy of Pediatrics' breast-feeding section. The findings suggest...

VITAL SIGNS Women who breast-feed have a lower risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, even decades later, researchers have found. And the longer they nurse their babies, the smaller the risk becomes. The findings grow out of the long-term Nurses' Health Study, which has followed the health of more than 120,000 women since 1976. The study, led by Dr. Elizabeth W. Karlson of Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard affiliate, appears in the current issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism. Rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that can destroy the joints, affects women much more often than it does men. Some scientists have...

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The Perth scientist who made the world-first discovery that human breast milk contains stem cells is confident that within five years scientists will be harvesting them to research treatment for conditions as far-reaching as spinal injuries, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease. But what Dr Mark Cregan is excited about right now is the promise that his discovery could be the start of many more exciting revelations about the potency of breast milk. He believes that it not only meets all the nutritional needs of a growing infant but contains key markers that guide his or her development into adulthood. “We already...

Not all children can harness the full goodness of their mother’s milk. Does breast-feeding a child boost its brain development and raise its intelligence? Only if the child carries a version of a gene that can harness the goodness of breast-milk, say researchers. The results add to the ‘nature versus nurture’ debate over intelligence, by showing how the two effects can interact. The question of whether people are born intelligent or made intelligent by their environment has been debated for decades. Research with identical twins separated at birth has shown that both genetics and rearing conditions are important in determining...

"We can't be breeding right now," says Les Knight. "It's obvious that the intentional creation of another [human being] by anyone anywhere can't be justified today." Knight is the founder of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, an informal network of people dedicated to phasing out the human race in the interest of the health of the Earth. Knight, whose convictions led him to get a vasectomy in the 1970s, when he was 25, believes that the human race is inherently dangerous to the planet and inevitably creates an unsustainable situation. "As long as there's one breeding couple," he says cheerfully,...

New Study Says Diet May Soothe Colicky BabiesPOSTED: 10:08 pm EST November 7, 2005 UPDATED: 10:28 pm EST November 7, 2005 DETROIT -- Moms who breastfeed are often given all sorts of advice about diet, especially when it comes to foods that might make their baby fussy or gassy. Parents of colicky infants will go to almost any extreme to calm their chronic crybabies. A new Australian study of nearly 100 breastfed colicky newborns suggests eliminating common foods linked to allergies -- like peanuts, eggs, cow's milk, wheat soy and fish -- from Mom's diet may help reduce infant crying...

Selling Breast Milk Can Be Lucrative NEWARK, Del. -- Buying a woman's breast milk via the Internet may seem far-fetched, but it isn't an unusual transaction. WBAL-TV in Baltimore discovered mothers selling their breast milk -- often for a hefty price. In many cases, transactions require only half of the payment up front, and some sellers even accept credit cards. Some states ban such sales by law -- but not Maryland. The television station asked Amy and Brandon Redmond why they were selling breast milk. "Some women can't produce breast milk, and I had a lot of excess," Amy Redmond...

Prolacta Bioscience has opened the first large-scale breastmilk processing facility in the nation. The Monrovia facility will accept donated milk from milk banks around the nation and use various pasteurization, formulation and filling processes to produce high-quality donor milk with specific calorie, fat and protein content meant for premature babies. After processing, the milk can be shipped to hospitals nationwide to help treat premature babies. "By opening this facility, we will take the burden of processing this donor milk off the shoulders of the local milk banks and provide a system that can be relied upon by physicians, nurses and...

For many men fatherhood is not quite the same unless they have shared the experience as far as possible. A survey has found that a third of modern fathers admit to tasting their wife’s or girlfriend’s breast milk. The researchers discovered that it is fairly common for fathers to drink breast milk several times, especially with subsequent children — even though they did not particularly like the taste. The fathers surveyed said the milk-tasting was part of an emotional urge to immerse themselves in the process of infant rearing — far removed from the “bitty, bitty” sketch in the BBC’s...

Adult cancer patients are taking breast milk in an attempt to to boost their immune systems and reduce the side effects of chemotherapy. A milk bank in California has quietly supplied 28 adult patients in the past four years with donated breast milk. The Mothers' Milk Bank, one of six in the United States, distributes the milk mainly to premature and low-birth-weight babies but also gives it to adults with a doctor's prescription. Cancer specialists in Britain and America were sceptical about the treatment last night, saying that there was little or no hard evidence that it worked. Some of...

It was an ad for a different sort of milk. A Salt Lake City woman bought a classified newspaper ad offering to sell her extra breast milk. The 23-year-old unidentified woman said she was just trying to help. But she's withdrawn her offer after getting too many prank calls. The nursing mom said one man wanted to know if it came in chocolate. Another said he wanted an endless supply for protein drinks. The woman wanted $1 an ounce or $350 for 400 ounces. Now, she's out of the milk business and so is The Salt Lake Tribune. The paper...

The stripper accused of squirting breast milk into a patron's face at a downtown club plans to pursue sexual-assault charges, adding a twist to the already-bizarre case. The Jackson woman denied the customer's account of the widely publicized July 25 incident at The School House and said the man grabbed her breast, according to the police report, obtained Friday through a Freedom of Information Act request. "This is a problem you get into with these types of incidents," Jackson Deputy Police Chief Matt Heins said. "You have the victim's story and you have the suspect's story. "It comes down to...