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Report: Hospitals fail to encourage breastfeeding
While almost all hospitals inform new parents about the benefits of breastfeeding during pregnancy, a lot more could be done to help new moms succeed once the baby is born.
A new CDC report released at noon today finds that only 4% of hospitals follow 9 out of 10 recommendations to get mom & baby on the successful path of breastfeeding.
Nursing babies for the first 9 months can reduce the risk of becoming overweight by 30%, but only 1/3 of new moms are still breastfeeding at this time.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN chief medical correspondent, joins American Morning today to discuss why breast milk is so important for babies and to weigh in on what hospitals can do to help encourage nursing mothers.
Consumer Reports investigation: Cardio care more about profit than prevention?
A Consumer Reports investigation into cardiovascular care focusing on excessive testing and overtreatment has found a shocking 300% increase in angioplasties in the last decade.
In their report, Consumer Reports states that cardiac care has become a money-making machine that too often favors profit over science.
Dr. Orly Avitzur, medical adviser to the magazine, speaks to American Morning today about what is driving the increase in angioplasties and weighs in on what patients can do to ensure they're receiving proper care.
Further research needed to draw conclusive connection between cancer and Ground Zero
Outrage was sparked Tuesday in response to a federal report that concluded that there is not enough evidence yet to say whether the dust and smoke cloud produced by the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center caused cancer.
Yesterday, Kiran Chetry spoke with John Feal, a demolition supervisor at Ground Zero who founded the FealGood Foundation to help 9/11 first responders, who called the study a "slap in the face."
This morning, Dr. Jacqueline Moline from the North Shore-LIJ Health System, joins American Morning to discuss the findings and to comment on her own study, which is the only one to date that has suggested a link between cancer and 9/11 responders.
Despite the fact that Dr. Moline believes there is a connection between cancer and exposure to Ground Zero, she stresses that it will take time and further research before the connection can be conclusively drawn scientifically.
Report: Not enough evidence to link 9/11 to cancer
Under the new James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, the administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program must periodically review whether cancer can be linked to the 9/11 attacks or cleanup.
The first of these reports, issued yesterday, shows that there is currently not enough evidence to prove that the instances of cancer found in 9/11 responders is directly related to the dusk and smoke created in the attacks.
This discovery is a disappointment rescue and recovery workers and people who lived near the World Trade Center who have cancer diagnoses that they attribute to the attack, as it may mean that they will not be covered under the Zadroga bill, which was passed in late 2010.
John Feal, founder of the Feel Good Foundation and a 9/11 first responder himself, talks with Kiran Chetry this morning about this new research and the the effect its had on 9/11 first responders.
Drug prices to get cheaper as patents expire
Over the next 14 months, generic drugs for seven of the world's best-selling drugs will become available as brand-name drug patents expire, including the top two: cholesterol fighter Lipitor and blood thinner Plavix.
Competition from generic drugs will decrease brand-name sales, causing drug prices to plummet for patients and health providers.
Today on American Morning, senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen breaks down which drugs will decrease in price and discusses how much money Americans will save when they go generic.
'Mini Darth Vader' fights for children's health care
Child actor Max Page became famous for his playful portrayal of a mini Darth Vader in a Volkswagen Superbowl commercial. Although lively and generally healthy, he has had several pace makers to manage a congenital heart condition.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta sat down with Max to talk with him about pending cuts in Medicaid that benefit kids in need of specialized pediatric medical care.
Dr. Gupta joins American Morning today to tell the young boy's story and to explain why Max is soon headed to Capitol Hill to lobby with the National Association of Children’s Hospitals.
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