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Lansinoh Laboratories Supports New InfantRisk Center with $20,000 Donation

The InfantRisk Center, also supported by the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health at the University, is the brainchild of Dr. Thomas W. Hale, Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Dean of Research at Texas Tech University School of Medicine. Dr. Hale is regarded as the foremost expert in the effect of medications on human lactation. The Center will also be staffed by faculty from the Texas Tech University School of Medicine departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the School of Pharmacy. This new center will be available to receive calls between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST from Monday to Friday from moms across the country. Consultants will answer questions about specific prescription and over-the-counter medications.

Not only will the InfantRisk Center be a lifesaving resource for moms, it will be a means to gather reliable, trusted, and evidence-based information that will be accessible for dissemination by healthcare providers throughout the U.S. Moms will also have the opportunity to share personal experiences, medical histories, and register in pregnancy and lactation registries, so that their information can be systematically studied and analyzed. This new information will help drive further research on the effects of medications on pregnancies, breastfed infants, and their mothers, and ultimately, will enhance babies' health.

"It's great that a resource like this will finally be available in the U.S.," says Gina Ciagne, CLC and Director of Breastfeeding and Consumer Relations at Lansinoh. "The InfantRisk Center is going to be an excellent resource to help clear up any confusion and misinformation regarding medications and whether or not they are safe to use during pregnancy and lactation. Very often, moms are urged to stop breastfeeding because of a perceived conflict with a medication but that is not always necessary. If the incidence of premature weaning from breastfeeding can be reduced because of information and support that the Center will provide, that will be a great victory."

Dr. Thomas Hale says, "This new center will ultimately provide millions and millions of mothers with answers to their medication questions while they are pregnant or breastfeeding. We actually know most of these answers, but this new center will help distribute this information to the mothers of the world."

Donations to the InfantRisk Center can be submitted online.

For more information about the initiative, listen to an interview with Dr. Thomas Hale on Lansinoh's blog, ByMomsForMoms.

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