Article: AAP policy on SIDS promotes pacifier use.(News)(American Academic of Pediatrics)(sudden infant death syndrome)

Article: 'Back to sleep' update: pacifiers may reduce SIDS.(News)
Family Practice News;  November 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... updated policy statement from the American Academic of Pediatrics. Recent data ... sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), John Kattwinkel, M.D ... use during the high-risk SIDS period, age 2-6 months ... of the AAP's task force on SIDS, and a neonatologist at the ...

Article: SIDS RISK DOUBLED BY SMOKE EXPOSURE
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 8, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... Record (Bergen County, NJ) 03-08-1995 SIDS RISK DOUBLED BY SMOKE EXPOSURE -- STUDIES ... role infants' sleep positions play in SIDS, the leading killer of children under ... with no major breakthroughs on what causes SIDS or how it can prevented. SIDS kills 7 ...

Article: SIDS may be caused by defect
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... abnormalities. The finding "takes the mystery away from SIDS," said Marian Willinger, a SIDS researcher at the National Institute of Child Health ... their bellies, which is a leading contributor to SIDS. The researchers studied autopsied brain tissue ...

Transcript: SIDS Research Breakthrough Announced
NPR All Things Considered;  September 7, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... 000 American babies die each year from SIDS. LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: It's All ... understanding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. SIDS is a mysterious condition that claims the ... an apparent abnormality in the brains of SIDS victims, an abnormality that may affect ...

Article: SIDS strikes preemies at later age, higher rate: infants ...
Pediatric News;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... extend the interval during which they offer SIDS preventive counseling to parents of preterm infants. Most physicians focus on SIDS prevention at the neonatal and 6-week ... visits, but preterm babies tend to die of SIDS between the ages of 15 and 21 weeks, the ...

Article: SIDS numbers vary in Northwest Indiana
Post-Tribune (IN);  October 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... through 2004, 14.81 percent died of SIDS. Of the 12 who died in Porter County during ... 50 percent were listed as dying from SIDS. In LaPorte County, the number rose to ... the confusion is the misconception that SIDS is a disease. SIDS is only diagnosed when ...

Article: SIDS PANEL COMMENDS REPORTER KATE GURNETT.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 18, 1998 ;     588 words ... ... Affiliate of theSIDS Alliance Glemont - The SIDS Alliance commends the Times Union and reporter ... side and stomach sleep positions in reducing SIDS risk. Side wedges and other devices do not reduce SIDS risk and may in fact endanger children. Sleep ...