Thursday, April 2, 2009

New Recommendations Offered By Pediatricians to Prevent SIDS

USA Today reports on new pediatrician recommendations for preventing SIDSTo best protect babiesfrom sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, they should be offered pacifiers and should not sleep on their sides, pediatricians advised Monday……”We’re no longer recommending the side position because infants often roll over onto their stomachs,” says John Kattwinkel, a University of Virginia neonatologist who chairs the academy panel that wrote the new policy.
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