New Paperback Explains SIDS and Sleep-Related Infant Deaths

Is there anything more heartbreaking than the death of an infant?

In "14 Ways to Protect Your Baby from SIDS: Safe Sleep Advice from the Experts" (Parenting Press, Seattle, parentingpress.com), now available in paperback, doctors Rachel Y. Moon and Fern R. Hauck explain Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and other sleep-related deaths, and which infants are at greatest risk.

The pair, whose research on SIDS is extensively published, also dispel common myths about "crib death," and they cite the most recent research on SIDS.

Also available as a downloadable, "14 Ways to Protect Your Baby from SIDS" lists what you need in your nursery, and what popular crib accessories create risks. There's also a detailed "Checklist for a Safe Baby Sleep Environment."

Available at Amazon.com and ParentingPress.com, the paperback is $9.95.

Moon is a pediatrician at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and a professor of pediatrics at George Washington University's School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Her research focuses on SIDS and SIDS risk factors, especially in high-risk populations. She chairs the American Academic of Pediatrics Task Force on SIDS and is an assistant editor for Pediatrics, the AAP journal.

Hauck, who is a member of the AAP Task Force on SIDS, also conducts research on the risk factors and preventive factors for unexpected infant deaths. She is a family physician and professor of family medicine and public health sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.

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