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	Sudden infant death syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term cot death is often used in the United Kingdom, and crib death in North America.
		SIDS is responsible for roughly 50 deaths per 100,000 births in the U.S. It is responsible for far fewer deaths than congenital disorders and disorders related to short gestation; though it becomes the leading cause of death in otherwise healthy babies after one month of age.
		In 1989, a controversial piece of research by UK Scientist Barry Richardson claimed that all cot death was the result of toxic nerve gases being produced through the action of fungus in mattresses on compounds of phosphorus, arsenic and antimony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cot_death (2421 words)

	The facts about Cot Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cot Death, more correctly known as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), was defined in 1969 as "the sudden death of an infant or young child which is unexpected by history and in which a thorough post mortem examination fails to demonstrate an adequate cause for death".
		Cot Death is more common in winter than in summer - approximately 60% of deaths occur in winter/spring compared with 40% in summer/autumn.
		However, Cot Death is not hereditary and any future babies in the family may run only a very slightly increased risk of recurrence, of the order of 2-5 times the population rate.
	www.sidscotland.org.uk /info_advice/facts.htm (1067 words)

	Cot death - FSID's information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cot death is a term commonly used to describe a sudden and unexpected infant death that is initially unexplained.
		Cot deaths do however usually occur during a period of sleep in their cot but babies can die during any other period of sleep in their parent’s arms or in a pram.
		Cot death is uncommon in babies less than a month old, but rises to a peak during the second month.
	www.sids.org.uk /fsid/cot.htm (1225 words)

	Cot death & vaccines by Viera Scheibner, Ph.D.
		This is the underlying mechanism of all cot deaths and it explains all pathological and clinical observations.
		Cot Death is the single biggest cause of death in infants from about four weeks to six months of age, with another peak at about 9 months in industrially developed countries.
		The definition of Cot Death is: "The sudden death of any infant or a young child, which is unexpected by history, and in which a thorough port-mortem examination fails to demonstrate an adequate cause of death".
	www.whale.to /vaccines/cot_death.html (1938 words)

	Cot death (SIDS)
		Cot death is most common between one and four months of age, with 90 per cent of cases in babies under six months, though babies are still considered at risk up to the age of one year.
		Recent studies have found that the risk of cot death rises with each additional smoker in the household, with the numbers of cigarettes smoked a day, and with the length of the infant's exposure to cigarette smoke.
		However, cot bumpers should be removed before your baby can get on her hands or knees so that she can't use the cot bumper as a lever for climbing out of the cot.
	www.babycentre.co.uk /baby/health/cotdeath/?_requestid=833637 (2223 words)

	Reducing The Risk Of Cot Death
		It is not fully understood why cot death occurs and there are no ways to definitely prevent it, but research has shown that the risk can be greatly reduced by taking a few simple precautions...
		Research has shown that cot death is more common in babies that sleep on their tummy.
		Babies should also be placed with their feet to the foot of the cot with covers no higher than their shoulders to avoid them wriggling under.
	www.geocities.com /luisamicciche/cot_death.html (410 words)

	BBC - Health - Conditions - Cot death
		Cot death is the sudden and unexpected death of a baby for no obvious reason.
		After the post-mortem examination, the cause of death remains unexplained and may be registered as sudden infant death syndrome, sudden infant death, sudden unexpected death in infancy, unascertained or cot death.
		Most cot deaths occur when the baby is under the age of six months, and can happen anywhere, not only in a cot.
	www.bbc.co.uk /health/conditions/cotdeath2.shtml (462 words)

	Cot death warning factors ignored - babies overheating risk persists
		Other ways to reduce cot death risk include: putting your baby to sleep on his back, putting your baby's feet to the foot of the bed, keeping your baby's head uncovered when sleeping, avoiding sharing a bed with your baby and seeking medical advice promptly if you think your baby could be ill.
		The survey covered temperature issues - a key factor in cot death - and parents were asked questions such as whether they knew what the correct room temperature should be for their baby, whether they had a room thermometer and if they were able to correctly judge the temperature in their own homes.
		Cot death continues to be an issue parents should be aware of and, among the many practical measures they can take, avoiding overheating is one crucial aspect.
	www.bupa.co.uk /health_information/html/health_news/041103cot.html (1417 words)

	Cot Death
		Cot deaths are most common among babies aged between four weeks and one year, occurring particularly between the ages of 2 and 4 months.
		This is one of the commonest causes of death among young babies - about one baby in 500 dies from cot death.
		Temperature control – cot deaths have been found to be more common in winter than in summer, though it is not the cold, but an excessively high body temperature that is associated with cot death.
	www.internethealthlibrary.com /Health-problems/cot-death.htm (231 words)

	Genetic defect 'may cause cot death' \| the Daily Mail
		This said that cot deaths were completely random, making the chance of two genuine cases happening in a single family as high as one in 73million.
		Cot death is the most common cause of death in babies under a year old and claimed 349 lives in the UK in 2004.
		Babies most at risk of cot death include those whose parents smoke and those who were of low birth weight or born prematurely.
	www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/health/womenfamily.html?in_article_id=376985&in_page_id=1766&in_a_source=&ito=1490 (1226 words)

	Cot death - causes, risks and how to reduce the risk: iVillage
		Babies who die as cot deaths often appear to have died of suffocation because they may be found face down or with their faces covered.
		For example, 60% of cot deaths in England and Wales occurred among boys, while they comprised 51% of all live births (figures refer to babies aged birth to one year, 1994-1998).
		Cot death can happen to any family, though it is more likely to happen in families living in difficult circumstances.
	www.ivillage.co.uk /pregnancyandbaby/baby/babyhealth/articles/0,,30_158030,00.html (335 words)

	What is Cot Death? - Surgery Door (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cot death remains the most common kind of death in babies aged under one year.
		In 1998, the number of cot deaths was over two and a half times that of the number of babies under one year) who died of leukaemia or of meningitis.
		Cot deaths used to happen more often in the winter, but this winter peak has almost disappeared since the Reduce the Risk campaign.
	www.surgerydoor.co.uk /level2/babies_cotdeath.shtml (865 words)

	New cot death warning
		Young babies who sleep in the same bed as their parents are at an increased risk of sudden infant death (cot death), even if their parents are non-smokers, the results of a new study indicate.
		When my sister had her baby, the obs/gyn and nurse advised cosleeping and when he was 6 months and in his own cot, they advised putting him on his SIDE to sleep not on his back.
		It is still the biggest cause of death in children under the age of 2.
	www.irishhealth.com /?level=4&id=7833 (827 words)

	Information and Advice about Cot Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cot Death, more correctly known as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) was defined in 1969 as “the sudden death of a infant or young child which is unexpected by history and in which a thorough post mortem examination fails to demonstrate an adequate cause for death”.
		The current rate of 1 Cot Death for every 1,600 livebirths is much lower than 10-15 years ago.
		In Scotland the sudden, unexpected death of an infant must be reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
	www.sidscotland.org.uk /info_advice/info_advice.htm (369 words)

	THE CAUSE OF COT DEATH AND HOW TO PREVENT IT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Dr Sprott states with certainty that the cause of cot death has been discovered: it is caused by very toxic nerve gases which can be generated from mattresses and certain other bedding used in babies' cots.
		Cot death is caused by gases generated in mattresses - and most parents re-use mattresses from one baby to the next.
		It also accounts for the very high cot death rate among babies of solo parents, who for economic reasons are more likely to sleep their babies on previously used mattresses which they have acquired secondhand.
	www.nuttinbutkids.com /cause_of_cot_death_and_how_to_pr.htm (2205 words)

	The Cause of Cot (Crib) Death and How to Prevent It
		At this point he draws attention to a highly significant piece of information about cot death, which is demonstrated by British statistics: the cot death risk rises from the first baby in a family to the second, and from the second baby to the third, and so on.
		This accounts for the higher cot death rate among poorer families, who are more likely to sleep their babies on previously used mattresses.
		The twin baby girls (aged two months) died of cot death on the same day, while both were sleeping on the same mattress in a shared cot.
	www.childbirthsolutions.com /articles/news/cotdeath.php (2403 words)

	Cot Death Prevention. Seek Southwest
		For information on cot death prevention, you are invited to contact Julee Oakley at the UK Cot Life Society, Plymouth.
		Dr Jim Sprott, a New Zealand scientist, states with certainty that the cause of cot death has been discovered: it is caused by very toxic nerve gases which can be generated from mattresses and certain other bedding used in babies' cots.
		The solution is to prevent exposure of babies to the gases, by wrapping mattresses in accordance with a specified protocol and ensuring that bedding used on top of the wrapped mattress is not capable of the gas generation concerned.
	www.seeksouthwest.co.uk /cotdeath.htm (349 words)

	SIDS - sudden infant death syndrome or cot death, causes and advice
		Cot death is the term used to describe the sudden and unexpected death of a baby, that is unexplained before an investigation has been carried out.
		It usually happens when the baby is asleep in their cot, but can also happen during any other period of sleep such as in the pram or even in a parent's arms.
		SIDS deaths are rare and extremely unlikely to occur twice in the same family.
	hcd2.bupa.co.uk /fact_sheets/html/sids.html (1299 words)

	Politics of Cot Death
		Recent court cases have shown that officials are all too quick to blame the mother in incidents of cot death.
		It was large and impressive - 745 cot deaths were compared with 2411 live controls in 12 European countries, six of them in Eastern Europe.
		What the headlines did not say was that whereas 16 per cent of deaths were attributable to bed-sharing, twice as many (35.9 per cent) were attributable to the baby sleeping in a separate room, the same percentage as were related to the baby sleeping face down (also 35.9 per cent).
	www.aims.org.uk /Journal/Vol15No4/PoliticsCotDeath.htm (1986 words)

	Cot death survey points to babies most at risk - genetics - 24 August 2006 - New Scientist
		It is a leading cause of death in children under a year old, yet the mechanism underlying sudden infant death syndrome, or cot death, remains a mystery.
		He calculates that a baby with all three unfavourable forms of the genes would be about 14 times as likely to succumb to SIDS as a baby with the alternative versions.
		"The finding is interesting, given that the final event in cot death is thought to be termination of breathing, and VEGF is important in lung development," says George Haycock, scientific director of UK-based research organisation the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths.
	www.newscientist.com /channel/life/genetics/mg19125664.300-cot-death-survey-points-to-babies-most-at-risk.html (425 words)

	Cot Death
		Cot Death or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the biggest single cause of death in infants aged between one week and one year.
		In the 1980's cot death occurred in approximately 1 in 500 babies.
		Cot death creates enormous fear amongst people not only because it threatens our babies but because we are almost helpless to prevent it.
	www.womenrepublic.co.uk /health/cot_death (487 words)

	Cot death - what are the causes: iVillage
		Since The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths launched their Reduce the Risk of Cot Death’ campaign in 1991, the number of babies dying suddenly and unexpectedly has fallen by 70%.
		Deaths that remain unexplained are registered as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), sudden infant death, sudden unexpected death in infancy, unascertained or cot death.
		Over 90% of cot deaths occur in babies aged under six months and the risk recedes quickly as children grow older.
	www.ivillage.co.uk /pregnancyandbaby/parent/losspreg/articles/0,9547,38_166661,00.html (328 words)

	BBC News \| HEALTH \| Variation in cot death risk
		Some 279 infants died of cot death in England and Wales in 1999 compared to 286 the previous year.
		Between 1995 and 1999, cot deaths were almost one-third higher in these months than in each of the other nine months.
		Deaths from accidents or suicides increased by 7% to 2,196 in 1998.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/893333.stm (538 words)

	Cot Death Mums 'More Likely To Suffer Repeat' - UK News Headlines
		The study, funded by the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID), found women whose previous infant died were two to three times more likely to deliver an infant who was small for their gestational age, and two to three times more likely to have a preterm delivery.
		The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths said it welcomed the findings as they added to the knowledge about the factors contributing to the risk of cot death and reinforce previous research showing subsequent sudden infant deaths within the same family, although very rare, are likely to have natural causes.
		More research and careful investigation of each death is essential to bring down the number of sudden infant deaths, still the main kind of death in babies over one month old.
	www.lse.co.uk /ShowStory.asp?story=PK1520757F&news_headline=cot_death_mums_more_likely_to_suffer_repeat (700 words)

	Medical Dictionary: Cot death - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Cot death (medical condition): Sudden death of an infant under 1 year without obvious cause.
		Cot death: Another name for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (or close medical condition association).
		Cot death: Cot death is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Infant conditions, Death
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /medical/cot_death.htm (194 words)

	'Falling Asleep On Sofa Is Cot Death Risk' - UK News Headlines
		The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, which provided funding for the research, welcomed the findings and said they show babies are still dying needlessly from a range of known, preventable, causes.
		The safest place for a baby to sleep is on their backs in a cot by the side of the parents' bed for the first six months.
		FSID strongly endorsed the authors' call for deaths to be investigated according to a standard multi professional protocol to learn as much as possible about the factors involved in cot death and to provide better support for bereaved families.
	www.lse.co.uk /ShowStory.asp?story=VQ1721659M&news_headline=falling_asleep_on_sofa_is_cot_death_risk (1111 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Dummies 'reduce cot death risk'
		It compared 185 cases of sudden infant death syndrome with 312 healthy babies and adjusted for known risk factors.
		Cot death rates have fallen in recent years, but it still claims the lives of 300 babies aged under a year old in the UK every year.
		Two research studies published since 2000 showed that babies who usually use a dummy but then stop are at an increased risk of cot death on the night they do not use it.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/4509240.stm (562 words)

	Cot death & vaccination quotes
		These deaths are classified in our medical statistics as "crib death" or "sudden infant death of unknown origin." There are about 9000 cases of SIDS in the United States every year, of which probably 6000 are vaccine-related."--Harris Coulter.
		He told us the cause of death was the Hepatitis B virus - which she could only have gotten form the vaccine.
		Cot deaths linked to vaccination by Viera Scheibner, ph.D. "When immunizations were given commencing at 3 months old, the peak of cot deaths was from 3-4 months.
	www.whale.to /m/quotes17.html (1746 words)

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