Announcing the 11th Annual International Meeting of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- The 11th Annual International Meeting of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) (www.bfmed.org), Current Controversies in Breastfeeding Medicine, will take place in Niagara Falls, NY from September 19-22, 2006. The 11th Annual International Meeting will include world-class speakers providing key research on current and critical issues in breastfeeding medicine. ABM speakers are among leaders of clinical medicine and research in the world of breastfeeding and human lactation. The meeting will focus on the most authoritative and up-to-date clinical information on breastfeeding, spanning both maternal and child health issues. A significant educational opportunity, the ABM Annual International Meeting is an ideal context for physicians to continue their professional education in a highly respected stimulating environment, while earning continuing medical education credits. This year's meeting will feature the renowned Cutberto Garza, MD, PhD, Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculties, Boston College, at the First Annual Founders' Lecture, speaking on the new international standards in breastfeeding infant growth, based on the recently released research of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study.

"For me as a physician, the ABM meeting has eclipsed all other "lactation" conferences in the United States. The quality of the science keeps improving and contact with colleagues in the field keeps me motivated from year to year," says former Board member and ABM Fellow, Nancy Powers, MD. Full program details can be found on ABM's website (www.bfmed.org).

The official journal of ABM, Breastfeeding Medicine (www.liebertpub.com/bfm) was launched in early spring 2006 and is published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers. With growing demands for the best evidence-based research, this interdisciplinary journal provides the international medical and scientific community with the latest peer-reviewed reports of laboratory, field, and clinical investigations, with special emphasis on the risks of not breastfeeding. In recognition of World Breastfeeding Week, this journal is free online for the month of August (www.liebertpub.com/bfm).

The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is a worldwide organization of physicians dedicated to the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding and human lactation through education, research, and advocacy. An independent, self-sustaining, international physician organization and the only organization of its kind, ABM's mission is to unite members of various medical specialties with this common purpose through physician education, expansion of knowledge in breastfeeding science and human lactation, facilitation of optimal breastfeeding practices, and encouragement of the exchange of information among organizations.

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is a privately held, fully integrated media company known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many promising areas of science and biomedical research, including Breastfeeding Medicine, Journal of Women's Health, Obesity Management, and Disease Management. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering News (GEN), was the first in its field and is today the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. A complete list of the firm's 60 journals, books, and newsletters is available at www.liebertpub.com.