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Article: OCT. IS SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 6, 2009
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TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 5 -- The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued the following news release:
October is SIDS Awareness Month, and Safe Kids Kansas urges parents and caregivers to remember the phrase "back to sleep." Babies need to sleep on their backs, face up, to minimize the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. SIDS is still not fully understood, but it is estimated that 900 cases each year involve soft bedding and suffocation in a crib or other sleeping environment. Soft bedding and mattresses have also been linked to more than 100 cases of fatal suffocation in playpens since 1988.
"Babies need to sleep face up, on their backs, until they're old enough to turn themselves ...
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Article: SAFE KIDS KANSAS RECOMMENDS HOME CARBON ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 2, 2008 ;
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... ... arrival of colder weather, Safe Kids Kansas reminds parents and caregivers ... detectors?" says Jan Stegelman, Safe Kids Kansas coordinator. "Carbon monoxide ... poisonous gases in the home." Safe Kids Kansas also recommends these precautions ...
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