Got milk, must conference

Got milk? Not in public!

The American focus on the sexual purpose of breasts, rather than the physiological function of breasts, has serious public health consequences. Discomfort with breastfeeding in public lowers breastfeeding rates, which in turn negatively affects women's and children's short- and long-term health.

Got milk? Sharing human milk via the Internet.

Got milk? Make sure it's pasteurized.

Got milk? Exploring the evolutionary connection between milk drinking, lactose digestion, and sunlight.

Milk, as the popular slogan goes, does a body good. It contains essential nutrients including fat, protein, sugar, as well as calcium , other minerals, and vitamin D needed for bones. Most people in the world lose the ability to digest lactose, the main sugar in milk, shortly after weaning. For these people, drinking fresh milk can lead to unpleasant bloating, flatulence, and cramps. However, a...

Got milk? Understanding the farm milk effect in allergy and asthma prevention.

Cow’s milk is a major component of most of our diets, but concerns about its ingestion have been in and out of public health dialogues for decades. Raw milk has long been associated with numerous foodborne illnesses and outbreaks due to enteric and opportunistic bacteria such as Brucella, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Yersinia, Campylobactor species, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia...