Prevent Child Deaths in Hot Cars
A child left in a hot car can die of heat stroke very quickly. But this tragedy can be prevented. Facts about Child Heat Stroke in Cars Here are some facts about hot cars and keeping kids safe: Heat s...
You’d Never Forget Your Child in the Car, Right?
Most of us think we’re incapable of making such a horrible mistake. So did the parents in this story. It was Day 3 of a new routine for the Edwards family. Jodie, a professor and counselor at a...
Every cigarette matters when you’re pregnant, a massive new study confirms
Smoking even one a day increases risk of SIDS twofold. Since the 1990s, rates of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) have halved. Parents were widely encouraged to put their babies to bed on their bac...
Better Sleep for Breastfeeding Mothers, Safer Sleep for Babies
When a mother breastfeeds, she releases oxytocin, a hormone that soothes her anxieties and helps her feel a unique emotional connection to her newborn baby. Oxytocin, also known as “the love hormone,”...
Racial And Ethnic Disparities Persist In Sudden Infant Deaths
American Indian and Alaska Native families are much more likely to have an infant die suddenly and unexpectedly, and that risk has remained higher than in other ethnic groups since public health effor...
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