Not all parents place their babies 'back to sleep,' researchers find

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 01:22 in Health & Medicine

Placing infants on their backs for sleep can help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. But a new study shows that while the practice helped reduce the incidence of SIDS, it has reached a plateau since guidelines were released by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

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