When I read this article on Yahoo News yesterday, I was glad to find that researchers seem to be getting closer to finding a cause for SIDS. Unfortunately, they are saying that some babies may just be prewired for this and there is no way to prevent it. The culprit may be "an imbalance in serotonin." They said that the serotonin level goes "haywire" and causes SIDS in mice that they tested. Researchers are hopeful that one day it may be possible to test newborns for their risk of SIDS.
As of now doctors recommend that babies should always be placed to sleep on their backs, as the risk of SIDS increases greatly when babies sleep on their stomachs. And parents are urged not to allow anyone to smoke around their babies, or to let their babies get too warm while sleeping.
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