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The Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

The Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

FromThe Daily


The Booming Business of Cutting Babies’ Tongues

FromThe Daily

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Feb 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
Released:
Feb 19, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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