American Academy of Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics
CHILDREN’s HEALTH

Back to Sleep: Less Than Half of US Infants Follow Safe Sleep Recommendations to Reduce SIDS Risk

Fewer than half of US infants always sleep on their backs, the position doctors recommend to avoid sleep-related injuries and deaths, a study suggests. Researchers examined survey data from a nationally representative sample of US mothers. More than three in four mothers said they usually placed their infants on their backs to sleep, the survey

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CHILDREN’s HEALTH

More Kids May be Diagnosed with hypertension//Pediatrics Group Reveals

Your kid may be just as healthy as he was last week, but now have hypertension. The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its blood pressure guidelines for children on Monday, lowering what constitutes abnormally high blood pressure, or hypertension, in kids and teens. Stricter standards mean more children will likely be diagnosed with hypertension because

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