Announcements Archive

Announcements
May 2013

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

Army of Women 

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Announcements
April 2013

 

Breastfeeding Friendly Consortium 

  • Training courses, performance plans, and performance measurement tools to help hospitals and healthcare workers successfully implement The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. 

Geddes Production

Hale Publishing 

  • Hale Conference 2013 features a Day with Paula Meier and Tom Hale (Sept. 12), a Day with Marianne Neifert and Tom Hale (Sept. 13), and a Day with Nancy Hurst, Teresa Baker, and Tom Hale (Sept. 14). The conference is being held in Dallas, Texas.
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Announcements
March 2013

Army of Women

·      Need women living in rural California counties diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in the past five years to participate in a study evaluating online support group using video calling.

·      Need breast cancer survivors in East Illinois and Birmingham, Alabama, to evaluate a new physical activity program called BEAT Cancer.

·      Need everyone – the Army of Women wants to follow a large cohort of men and women over time to determine how breast cancer starts and how to prevent it.  Periodically, you will be asked questions about your health and health habits.  The study will be conducted online.

Best Fed Beginnings

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Announcements
February 2013

Baby Apps

Baby Feeding Log (free) – allows new parents to record all the basics for nursing, diapers, and sleeping

BabyTracker: Nursing ($5) – tracks breastfeeding details

Breastfeeding Management (free) – complete informational resource for breastfeeding moms developed by Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition

Express Yourself Pumping Assistant ($1.99) – facilitates easier pumping

Graphico GrowthcurveApp – tracks growth

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Announcements
January 2013

Army of Women

  • HOW (Health of Women) Study – Researchers want to study a large group of women and men (with and without breast cancer) over time to investigate the causes of breast cancer.  All you need to participate is access to the internet and a willingness to fill out online questionnaires for the long haul.  Over 33,000 people have already signed up.  For more information or to sign up, click here.

Hale Publishing

  • Hale Conference 2013 – Sept. 12-14, Dallas, Texas

ILCA

Medline Plus

Joint Commission

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Announcements
December 2012

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine has published its latest protocol, Clinical Protocol 25:  Recommendations for Preprocedural Fasting for the Breastfed Infant: “NPO” Guidelines.  Click here to view. 

American Medical Association

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Announcements
November 2012

Army of Women (www.armyofwomen.org)

Mission – Working to understand what causes breast cancer, figure out ways to prevent it, and eliminate breast cancer from our vocabulary.

Stress and breast cancer webinar - For more information, click here. 

New Studies (www.armyofwomen.org/current)

            Interpersonal therapy for depression in breast cancer

            Discovery of early markers of breast cancer

            Breast cancer microbiota study

Support The Army of Women

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Announcements
October 2012

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) 

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Announcements
September 2012

 

Army of Women  

Big Latch On  

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Announcements
August 2012

Hale Publishing

Conference – Hale, Newman, Wilson-Clay Conference, Sept 12-14, 2012, San Antonio, TX.  For more information, go to www.ibreastfeeding.com/hale-newman-wilson-clay-conference

New independent study modules – http://elearning.ibreastfeeding.com/

IBLCE (www.iblce.org)

IBLCE has started doing an international enewsletter from the Board of Directors.  The May issue includes an interview with Mayim Bialik, an explanation of the difference between certification and a certificate program, an article about regional director Anna Utter being named Cambridge Who’s Who Professional of the Year in Lactation Consultancy, a board director profile of Rachelle Lessen, and other items of interest.

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