Category: "Pamela Heggie, MD, FAAP"

By Teresa Kovarik, MD, FAAP, FABM, Medical Director of HealthPartners’ Lactation Services and Pediatrician at HealthPartners Como Clinic; Pamela Heggie, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, FABM, Director of Breastfeeding Medicine and Pediatrician at Central Pediatrics; and Nancy Fahim MD, FAAP, University of Minnesota, Neonatology at Maple Grove and North Memorial Hospitals The AAP strongly supports breastfeeding for […]

By Pamela Heggie, MD, FAAP, IBCLC, Fairview Children’s Clinic, Minneapolis and Robert M. Jacobson, MD, FAAP, Mayo Clinic, Rochester and MNAAP President A recent article published in the journal Social Science and Medicine made headlines and was widely quoted in blogs, email list-serves and Facebook: “Is Breast Truly Best? Estimating the Effects of Breastfeeding on […]