The American Academy of Pediatrics emphasizes the need for infants to sleep on their backs on flat noninclined surfaces within its first update to safe infant sleep recommendations since 2016.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has released a webinar on how the Philips device recall will impact vulnerable patients, including pediatrics and those on ventilators.
The scientists determined that suppressing the peptide in mice caused breathing problems and increased the frequency of apneas.
Read MoreThe American Academy of Pediatrics’ new Pediatrics on Call Podcast Rachel Moon, MD, FAAP, talks about safe sleep, bedsharing, and tips for pediatricians to discuss sleep strategies with tired parents.
Read MoreTeen Vogue debunks links between sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome and nightmares.
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While the American Academy of Pediatrics can’t promise parents more sleep, its experts offer research-based advice to ease worries and assure families that their infants are sleeping safely.
Read MoreThe Atlantic reports on couples who keep a camera running overnight to provide a sense of comfort when sleeping far from one another. Couples remotely share a bed for many reasons, ranging from the pragmatic to the...
Read MoreThis “prank” could turn deadly for sleep apnea therapy users, reports KSL TV. “They use a CPAP machine at night. They were awoken when the power was turned off because they couldn’t breathe.” via...
Read MoreThe Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning parents not let a baby sleep in rockers, pillows, car seats, or any other product that holds an infant at an incline The warning comes after the agency...
Read MoreThe American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the US Department of Health and Human Services recommend parents take a few important steps to keep babies safe while sleeping, including placing infants to sleep on their backs,...
Read MoreA baby died of positional asphyxia after being left to nap in a car seat. The child’s parents are now working to warn other parents of the dangers of letting infants sleep in car seats, USA Today reports. On January...
Read MoreA mother has warned other parents about the dangers of co-sleeping after her two-month-old son, Hugo Loughlin, died while sharing a bed with her and Hugo’s father. Hugo’s mother, Stacey Costello, had taken him out of...
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Almost 70% of babies who died from sleep-related suffocation between 2011 and 2014 did so because...
Read MoreFisher-Price recalled about 71,000 inclined sleeper accessories included with the Ultra-Lite Day & Night Play Yards because similar products have been linked to infant deaths, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced...
Read MoreCar seats can be deadly places for babies to sleep when being used incorrectly, a new study has found. When looking at infant deaths in sitting devices, like car seats and strollers, researchers found that more than two-thirds...
Read MoreA study, “Infant Suffocation Deaths in the Sleep Environment Attributable to Soft Bedding, Overlay, and Wedging,” in the May 2019 Pediatrics reviewed the cases of 250 infants who died from an external airway obstruction in an...
Read MoreVirginia-based wearable tech company Zansors has added to its growing collection of patents. Zansors was recently awarded a patent for a wearable patch to automatically monitor, screen, and/or report health conditions. Zansors’...
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