To study the impact of Baby friendly policies on lactation success, a semi-structured questionnaire was administered to mothers of babies attending the well baby clinic of an urban tertiary care Baby Friendly Hospital. The feeding practices of outborn babies was compared to inborn babies (Baby friendly hospital). No major differences were found in the duration and success of lactation among the 2 groups. More intensive efforts and public awareness is required if the ideals of a baby friendly hospital are to be met.

L-tyrosyl-L-tyrosine crystallizes as a dihydrate in the orthorhombic system, space group C2221, with a = 12.105(2), b = 12.789(2), c = 24.492(3)A, 2 = 8. The structure was solved by direct methods and refined to a final R-value of 0.059 for 1740 observed reflections. The molecule exists as a zwitterion, the peptide unit is trans planar, and the b a c k p e torsion a n g p correspond to an extended conformation, with = 149.4 , G2 = -161.2 , J / z = 158.3'. The values of the sidechain torsion angles (XI, XZ are (-58.8', -63.1 ') for the first tyrosine and (-171.7', -116.5') for the second. The planes of the aromatic rings are nearly parallel (dihedral angle of 6.1°), and their centers are separated by 10.9 A. The carboxyl plane forms a dihedral angle of 23.8' with the plane of the peptide bond.

Background Laser hair reduction gained popularity in the last decade and is presently the most frequently used long‐term hair removal method. It works on the principle of selective photothermolysis—the laser damages the hair follicle without damaging the skin. Shorter Nd:YAG pulses are also effective in hair reduction, while maintaining better comfort for the patient. Aims The aim of this study was to compare the short and long pulsed methods of Nd:YAG for facial hair removal on darker Fitzpatrick skin types (IV–V). Patients/Methods This prospective split face, evaluator‐blinded comparison of short‐pulse Nd:YAG laser versus long‐pulse Nd:YAG laser study included 10 untanned healthy women. There were two outcome measers, two blinded dermatologists compared baseline photographs with those taken 3 months after last session and FotoFinder was used to compare the terminal hair count reduction at the baseline and 3 months after 6th session. Results Both blinded assesors observed significant hair reduction with both lasers; excellent results were achieved in 20% with long pulse and in 55% with short pulse. Both treatment options showed reduction in number of terminal hair with statistical significance using FotoFinder. Comparison of the efficacy of the two pulse durations measured by percent reduction in the number of terminal hair 3 months after the last session showed no significant difference between the groups. Conclusion Hair reduction using 1064 nm Nd:YAG is a safe and effective method of hair reduction especially in darker skin types. We have shown that short pulses are better or at least equally safe and effective as the “gold standard” long pulses.

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