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The Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

The Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

The Daily vor 2 Jahren

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A Times investigation has found that dentists and lactation
consultants around the country are pushing “tongue-tie releases”
on new mothers struggling to breastfeed, generating huge profits
while often harming patients.

Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter at The Times,
discusses the forces driving this emerging trend in American
health care and the story of one family in the middle of it.

Guest: Katie Thomas, an investigative health care reporter at The
New York Times.

Background reading:

Inside the booming business of cutting babies’ tongues.

What parents should know about tongue-tie releases.

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