The practice of sharing or donating human breast milk has been a common one across time and cultures for about as long as there have been little mouths to feed. The stigmas associated with it are complicated: coming from a gap in resources, communication and support from the larger medical community, the shame mothers constantly hearing “breast is best” might feel for not producing enough (or any milk) for their infants — and, of course, a sheer lack of information about how to do it...

The practice of sharing or donating human breast milk has been a common one across time and cultures for about as long as there have been little mouths to feed. The stigmas associated with it are complicated: coming from a gap in resources, communication and support from the larger medical community, the shame mothers constantly hearing “breast is best” might feel for not producing enough (or any milk) for their infants — and, of course, a sheer lack of information about how to do it...

Diabetes in children is complex and often misunderstood, stirring feelings of guilt and stigmatization among parents. Even as the rates of diagnosed cases of diabetes among children are on the rise, a cocktail of factors at play make it difficult for healthcare experts to articulate specific causes or pinpoint predisposition. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is more common in children and teenagers. It’s an autoimmune disease that isn’t preventable, Vidhya Viswanathan, a pediatric endocrinologist at...

Los Angeles-based developer and investment firm Woodridge Capital Partners has purchased a 17-story, 596-room Holiday Inn at 440 West 57th Street from Jaseme Associates for $148 million, according to records that hit the city system today. The sale of the building between Ninth and 10th Avenues closed on May 12. Deutsche Bank provided $90 million in financing for the acquisition of the property, according property records. Michael Rosenfeld, the chief executive office of Woodridge, did not...

Muchnick, Golieb & Golieb, a law firm that focuses on estate planning, real estate and tax litigation, has renewed its lease at 200 Park Avenue South, Commercial Observer has learned. The law firm occupies 5,397 square feet on part of the 17th floor of the building between East 17th and East 18th Streets. The office has abundant sunlight, access to the rooftop terrace and overlooks Union Square. Asking rent in the deal was $85 per square foot, according to ABS Partners Real Estate, which...