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WHO and UNICEF issue new guidance to promote breastfeeding in health facilities globally

WHO and UNICEF today issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first two years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children under age 5 annually. The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding underpin the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative, which both… Read More: WHO and UNICEF issue new guidance to promote breastfeeding in… »

Citing 'brazen' trade secrets theft, Genentech sues indicted ex-employees and biosim maker

Soon after federal prosecutors filed a bombshell indictment against former Genentech staffers for allegedly funneling trade secrets to Taiwanese biotech firm JHL, Genentech has filed its own legal salvo calling for an injunction and damages. After receiving a confidential tip from one of its employees about possible trade secrets theft, the Roche biotech started up an… Read More: Citing 'brazen' trade secrets theft, Genentech sues indicted ex-employees and… »

All About Tattoos

Tattooing is a big business. Although it is difficult to get accurate information the best guess is that last year the tattoo industry grossed $ 1.6 billion dollars. That represents acres of skin that are permanently marked. Millennials are the the largest group who are tattooed. It is estimated that more than 45% of… Read More: All About Tattoos »

Early birds have lower breast cancer risk? What you need to know

November 7, 2018 Posted By Categories Mary Chris Jaklevic is a reporter-editor at HealthNewsReview.org. She tweets as @mcjaklevic. Wake me when it’s over. There was a lot of misleading information in news stories this week about a study of sleep traits and risk of breast cancer. It was a complex study to decipher, but instead… Read More: Early birds have lower breast cancer risk? What you need… »