sudden infant death - a cause has been found

The woman that discovered, her own child died from SIDS.

This is wonderful news. I hope it translates into a way of preventing these terrible tragedies.

How fantastic, this will bring comfort to so many.

My late husband was away at a conference with his boss when his boss received a call to say his daughter had died from SIDS at eighteen months. The tragedy for them was that they had agreed on 'sleep training' and she had been crying beforehand.

Thankyou for that FarNorth, a very significant piece of research. Many years ago my friends newborn son died one afternoon while sleeping in his crib. She never ever really recovered from that and often questioned ‘ what did I do wrong? ‘ This research will reassure many parents that they were not to blame. She went on to have three girls . Sadly my friend died some years ago, , this knowledge would have certainly helped lighten the load for her.

Very good news that a cause has been found. I hope it can lead to the prevention of this awful thing. It's every mother's nightmare.

Let us hope very much that this new knowledge can translate into some preventative agent or strategy being found.