2018 Board Member Vote

2018 Board Member Vote

USLCA is excited to announce the candidates for our two open board member positions.  In accordance with the USLCA bylaws, board members will be elected by a ballot vote of the membership, by a majority of ballots returned. A tie vote shall be decided by lot. IBCLC...

Educational Needs Assessment

Your opinion matters to USLCA. When planning our conferences, webinars, and regional workshops, we use this survey to select topics that our members fell are most relevant to their practice.  This short 5-10 minute survey is your opportunity to ensure that your...
Insufficient breastmilk: The Zinc connection

Insufficient breastmilk: The Zinc connection

You’ve tried everything to help a mother make more milk, but nothing seems to be working. Maybe it’s genetic. Genetic variations in the ZnT2 transport mechanism may be the culprit. Zinc is essential to many cellular processes, including the synthesis of...
2018 Board Member Vote

Conference Survey

On the heels of a wildly successful 2017 conference, USLCA wants to hear from you as we plan for the future. As you consider the vast lactation education opportunities available, please fill out the following short survey to help USLCA better meet your educational...

2017 AGM Minutes

In follow-up to this year’s Annual General Meeting, held during USLCA’s May conference, we have compiled the following reports to update all of our members on what is going on at USLCA. We invite you to review, vote to accept the minutes, and include in...
Insufficient breastmilk: The Zinc connection

Can mastitis be prevented?

Mastitis is always an unwelcome guest for breastfeeding mothers. New treatments for mastitis involving the administration of probiotics instead of antibiotics have been successfully used to outsmart bacterial multiresistance to antibiotics, biofilm formation, and...