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Fans Reduce Infants' Sudden Death Risk

Published October 6, 2008, 3:31 pm, Time Magazine

A new study shows that turning on a fan at night can protect infants from sudden unexplained death

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OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Infants who slept in a bedroom with a fan ventilating the air had a 72 percent lower risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome compared to infants who slept in a bedroom without a fan, according to a new study by ...

Fans Reduce Infants' Sudden Death Risk - Yahoo News
A new study by researchers with Kaiser Permanente Northern California suggests a simple strategy for reducing the risk of sudden death of infants in their sleep: turning on a fan at night. The study's findings, based on data collected from nearly 500 ...

Study says fans may reduce risk of cot death - Guardian Unlimited
Ventilating a baby's room with a fan could significantly reduce the risk of cot death, according to scientists in the US. Medical records of newborns show infants who slept in a bedroom with a fan had a 72% lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome ...

Using a Fan During Sleep May Reduce Infants' SIDS Risk, Kaiser ... - Forbes
OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Infants who slept in a bedroom with a fan ventilating the air had a 72 percent lower risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome compared to infants who slept in a bedroom without a fan, according to a new study by ...

Fans found to help prevent sudden infant deaths - Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - While letting infants sleep on their backs has cut the danger of sudden infant death syndrome, measures as simple as using a fan or opening a window could further reduce it, according to a study published on Monday. Infants who ...

Study: Fans Can Prevent Infant Death Synrome? - ABC News
A preliminary report showed that a fan running near a sleeping infant was associated with a 72 percent decrease in the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. SIDS claims 2,500 babies a year in the United States. "This finding (about fans) by ...

Use of fans linked to lower risk of sudden baby death - AZCentral.com
CHICAGO - Using a fan to circulate air seemed to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in a study of nearly 500 babies, researchers reported Monday. Placing babies on their backs to sleep is the best advice for preventing SIDS, a still ...

Electric fans prevent crib deaths - Oregonian
Putting babies to sleep on their backs remains the most important way to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, but parents also should consider running an electric fan in rooms where babies sleep. Fan use seems to lower the risk of SIDS by improving ...

Fans may slash risk of sudden Infant Death Syndrome, study says - Honolulu Advertiser
Putting a fan in the room with sleeping babies may help decrease the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in warm temperatures or other poor sleep environments, according to a study. Fan use during sleep was linked to a 72 percent decrease in SIDS ...

Ceiling Fans Could Reduce Risk Of SIDS - WBZ-TV
BOSTON (WBZ) ? As the nights cool down in New England, many of us are turning our heaters on and our fans off, but you may want to think twice about turning the fan off in your baby's room because a new study finds having a ceiling fan may reduce ...

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