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Dr. Melissa Theurich

@theurichconsult.bsky.social
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Maternal and Child Nutrition Researcher, IBCLC, @LMU, Consultant @WHO, @UNICEF. Views my own.

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Dr. Melissa Theurich @theurichconsult.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Ich habe mich gefreut bei der Vorstellung der neue nationale Empfehlung für Stilldauer (AWMF S-3 Leitlinie) als unabhängige Expertin dabei zu sein. Die neue Leitlinie empfiehlt sechs Monate ausschließlich und mindestens zwölf Monate insgesamt zu stillen: youtu.be/ZzgkRgfpnrU
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Empfehlung zur Stilldauer: erste AWMF-S3-Leitlinie
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Dr. Melissa Theurich @theurichconsult.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
👶🎧 New! In the latest episode of the Journal of Human Lactation Podcast, I explain why scientists and practitioners might best avoid the word “weaning,” in “What does it mean to wean?“ 🎙️Tune in and discover here: podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t... #BreastfeedingResearch #HumanLactation
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Ep. 9: What Does It Mean to Wean?
Podcast-Folge · The Journal of Human Lactation Podcast · 17.07.2025 · 27 Min.
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Maria Wakolbinger @mwakolbinger.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Hot off the press! #Breastfeeding & #CommercialMilkFormula ➜ Together with Uni Vienna and @yalesph.bsky.social we analysed the presentation of the topic in Austrian print and #onlinemedia. More on the possible effects on #publicperception & breastfeeding behaviour. ➡️ bit.ly/4gUKccZ
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Presentation of breastfeeding in the Austrian media | MedUni Vienna
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Dr. Melissa Theurich @theurichconsult.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
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European Association of Breastfeeding Medicine (EABM) on LinkedIn: #abstracts #conference #eabmconference #tallinn #estonia…
EABM is happy to inform the SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS DEADLINE is postponed to January 31. There are now 15 DAYS LEFT until the submission of abstracts closes!…
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.
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Dr. Melissa Theurich @theurichconsult.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I’m honored to join the fantastic group of editors at the Journal of Human Lactation! JHL is an international, quarterly, peer-reviewed journal publishing original research & theoretical and conceptual discussions regarding clinical practice and policy issues in human lactation and breastfeeding.
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Daniel Stover, MD, FASCO @stoverlab.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
What do we know about how the biology of mammary gland lactation and involution impact breast cancer risk? Building on work from Dr. Pepper Schedin & many others, new work in #BreastCancerResearch from Ramaswamy Lab @osucccjames.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Divergent paths of mammary gland involution: unveiling the cellular dynamics in abruptly and gradually involuted mouse models - Breast Cancer Research
Background Epidemiological studies associate an increase in breast cancer risk, particularly triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), with lack of breastfeeding. This is more prevalent in African America...
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Naomi Hull @naomihull.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
1/2 Thanks to BMJ for exposing this activity. The thing that gets me is Danone were willing to pay the midwives twice their normal pay and provide branded uniforms. The cost of those things does not come out of the CEO’s pocket or the profits for shareholders- cont.. www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Danone’s use of midwives to give branded infant feeding advice in supermarket sparks anger
Campaigners for impartial nutritional advice are dismayed at a service that seems to be adopting marketing tactics dubbed scandalous 50 years ago. Rebecca Coombes reports The UK supermarket giant Tes...
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"lifespan costs of reproduction became higher in mothers exposed to the famine during reproduction, amounting to a decreased life expectancy of ~0.5 years per child. Reproductive behavior did not shape the lifespans of mothers not exposed to famine or exposed post-reproduction or during development"
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Lifespan costs of reproduction increase during the Great Finnish Famine
Evolutionary theory of aging predicts that women with increased reproductive effort live shorter lives, but evidence is inconsistent. These inconsistencies could be because environmental conditions in...
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Dr. Melissa Theurich @theurichconsult.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Just launched my new account on instagram, see you there www.instagram.com/theurichcons...
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
About a million people die every year due to antimicrobial resistance. Causes: - Excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics - 70% of antibiotics are given to livestock - No financial incentive to develop new antibiotics - no new antibiotic classes since 1980 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Antibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’
As superbugs spread across the globe, death rates from antimicrobial resistance are set to double, says England’s former chief medical officer
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Peter Bornstein @spidadoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Vaccines are amazing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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HPV vaccine stops 90% of cervical cancer cases
England began vaccinating teenage girls in 2008 and results show it is paying off.
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ABC7 Eyewitness News @abc7.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
California increases paid family leave and disability benefits to historic levels abc7.la/4gFEEmF
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California increases paid family leave and disability benefits to historic levels
A new California law aims to ease the financial burden during some of life's biggest transitions and challenges.
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Lisa Amir @lisahamir.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Great work @kathleenhalliday.bsky.social and @jamielerrico.bsky.social👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 We need action on the Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy- nothing’s happened since 2019! 😡
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Meghan Azad, PhD @meghanazad.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy and #breastfeeding - nearly doubling its surface area! 🧪 www.livescience.com/health/ferti...
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The gut 'remodels' itself during pregnancy, study finds
The inner lining of the small intestine nearly doubles in size during pregnancy and breastfeeding, according to new research in mice and human tissue.
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Dr. Melissa Theurich @theurichconsult.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Here we go, starting over again on Bluesky. This is my first post, here goes nothing!
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