Article: Female times: Health - Meet Northern Ireland's Nurse of the year; Northen Ireland's Nurse of the Year, Ann McCrea speaks to SUE VASEY about her work in setting up the Provinces' first Breast Milk Bank.(Features)

Article: Appeal for breast milk donors.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  February 12, 2003 ;     572 words ...A BREAST milk shortage has led to a desperate plea ... demand from neo-natal units all over Northern Ireland. Ann McCrea, manager of the Human ... last few bottles," she said. The breast milk has been used to treat sick babies and ...

Article: Agenda 2002: One in five 'solely fed breast ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  May 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... British babies are solely fed breast milk for six months after birth ... cent to 59 per cent. In Northern Ireland 54 per cent of babies were ... breastfeeding in Scotland and Northern Ireland than in England and Wales ... Scotland and 45 per cent for Northern Ireland. The ...

Article: Breast milk bank seeks donations.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  October 8, 2005 ;     567 words ...FERMANAGH&S human breast milk bank has launched an appeal for ... were used to help babies all over Northern Ireland and the Republic. Mrs McCrea ... any drugs that would go into the breast milk, said Mrs McCrea. Collection ...

Article: Banks urgent call for breast milk.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  February 4, 2004 ;     329 words ... ... as supplies have run low. The milk is used to save the lives of premature or sick babies at neo- natal units all over Northern Ireland and the Republic. Mothers who wish to help are required to have simple blood tests and a personal health history check ...

Article: Health watch: Hormone disruptors . . . a silent threat in ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  April 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Northern Ireland is encouraging everyone to learn ... are just as vulnerable here in Northern Ireland, as we would be in any other ... to contaminate our bodies, breast milk and developing foetuses. Ahead ...

Article: OUR MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS RUNS LOW.(News)
The People (London, England);  January 28, 2001 ;     535 words ... ... experiencing a shortage in . . . breast milk. Northern Ireland's first human milk bank has ... innovative scheme is to supply breast milk to babies who arrive premature ... stress. "These babies need breast milk to help their growth and development ...

Article: Breast-Milk Banks Push for More Federal Oversight.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Nile virus can be transmitted through breast milk, the nation's human-milk banks ... version of wet nurses -- that provide breast milk to babies whose mothers cannot nurse ... growing industry (sales of donated breast milk are up 25 percent in the past year ...