National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden, unexplained death of an infant younger than one year old. Some people call SIDS "crib death" because many babies who die of SIDS are found in their cribs.
SIDS is the leading cause of death in children between one month and one year old. Most SIDS deaths occur when babies are between two months and four months old. Although health care professionals don't know what causes SIDS, they do know ways to reduce the risk. These include
NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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