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Article: More benefits discovered to 'back to sleep' Babies who slumber face up have fewer fevers, scientists say
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 13, 2003
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Researchers have found still more reasons for placing babies to
sleep on their backs--the practice makes infants less likely to get
fevers, stuffy noses or ear infections.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended for more than a
decade that infants less than seven months old be put on their backs
to sleep rather than on their stomachs or sides to reduce the risk of
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
The campaign has been a success, with stomach-sleeping declining
to less than 17 percent of all infants and SIDS rates dropping by
about 40 percent.
Also known as crib death, SIDS is the death of an apparently
healthy baby that is not explained after a thorough investigation by
police and ...