Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended all babies should be placed on their backs to sleep in 1992, deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have declined dramatically. But sleep-related deaths from other causes, including suffocation, entrapment and asphyxia, have increased. In an updated policy statement and technical report, ...
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
A baby's risk of dying while he sleeps is reduced when he is vaccinated, breast-fed and has no "bumpers" lining the sides of his crib. Those are the new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatricians.
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Allowing your toddler to share your bed does not lead to behavioral or learning problems later in life according to new research that puts to bed the notion that allowing your child to sleep in the parents' bed may stifle their development. However in spite of these new findings, ...
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Friday, March 18th, 2011
The number of infants with a specific type of head deformity, in which the skull flattens out from repeated pressure to the same area, has increased exponentially over the past 20 years.
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Saturday, January 1st, 2011
The number of babies who die of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome increases by one third, or 33% on New Year's Day and the believed cause is excessive alcohol consumption by caretakers the night before. SIDS is the sudden death of an infant under one year of age ...
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