The last Friday in June isRed Nose Dayin Australia. It’s a fundraising day for SIDS and Kids, as well as an opportunity to promote awareness. It is also a day of remembrance for those affected by SIDS and SUDI. Those of us working in emergency departments should take the opportunity ...
Messenger had gone from blaming vaccination for SIDS to pushing the phoney toxic gas theory as the cause – 20 years after it was first debunked and progressively relegated to conspiracy theory. When Messenger’s plan to bring the very harmful anti-vaccine heroine Sherri Tenpenny to Australia, ...
Machaalani The Children's Hospital Westmead, Sydney, Australia Background: In Australia, 1/2000 babies still die suddenly and unexpectedly. This equates to 136 babies per year with sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), amongst whom 81 (60%) are diagnosed as sudden infant death syndrome (...
Following formulation of a new definition for SIDS , a workshop was convened in Canberra Australia, in March 2004, by SIDS and KIDS, Australia. Attendences included forensic and pediatric pathologists representing major institutions from all Australian States and Territories. The issues of the adop...
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I remember asking my pediatrician about it at one time and he shrugged and said my kids slept on their tummies. I tried them on their backs, then guiltily, nervously eventually let them sleep on their stomachs so I could sleep too. My mother in law commented to me once “the more ...
Subsoil constraints to crop production on neutral and alkaline soils in south-eastern Australia: a review of current knowledge and management strategies Crop yield variability and productivity below potential yield on neutral and alkaline soils in the semiarid Mediterranean-type environments of south-...
Reducing the risk of SIDS:PJ, Young JFlemingSIDS and Kids, NSW (1999). Reducing the Risk of SIDS. Pamphlet, Sydney: Australia.
Reports on the participation of former Olympic swimmer Hayley Lewis in the 2004 national Red Nose Appeal by SIDS and Kids, a support group established to research sudden infant death syndrome, in Australia. Efforts of Lewis in ensuring the safety of her firs...
Swaddling is the first step to calming, and it’s important you don’t stop there, especially if your infant’s been fighting it. To help her settle, you’ll want to layer in other womb-mimicking steps: “shushing,” side/stomach position, swinging and sucking, which, along with swaddlin...