Time to neuter the babies!

[Guest guest]

>Do Increased Levels Of Testosterone Play A Role In Sudden Infant

>Death Syndrome?

>

>Sudden Infant Death syndrome (SIDS) is the leading cause of

>unexpected death in infants ages one week to one year old. Although

>the number of SIDS related deaths has decreased due to greater

>public awareness regarding infants' sleep positions, the cause of

>SIDS remains unknown. However, a study in the November issue of The

>Journal of Pediatrics shows that elevated testosterone levels may

>put infants at greater risk for SIDS.

>

> Emery, PhD, from the University of Washington, and

>colleagues tested estrogen and testosterone levels in the blood

>serum of 127 infants who had died of SIDS and 42 infants who had

>died of other causes of unexpected infant death. They found that the

>testosterone levels in the male SIDS infants were 120% higher than

>in male non-SIDS infants and 50% higher in female SIDS infants than

>in female non-SIDS infants. Estrogen levels were not different among

>the SIDS and non-SIDS infants.

>

> " These results may be important for better understanding of SIDS

>because the known relationship between testosterone and breathing

>during sleep provides a mechanism that potentially contributes to

>SIDS, " says Dr. Emery. Previous studies have indicated that higher

>levels of testosterone may result in depressed breathing during

>sleep, which in turn may increase the risk of SIDS.

>

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>

>The study is reported in " Serum Testosterone and Estradiol Levels in

>Sudden Infant Death " by J. Emery, PhD, Henry F. Krous, MD,

> M. Nadeau-Manning, MSW, Brett T. Marck, BA, and Alvin M.

>Matsumoto, MD. The article appears in The Journal of Pediatrics,

>Volume 147, Number 5 (November 2005), published by Elsevier.

This is from Science Daily

<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051117114647.htm>. I

haven't had time to go looking for the full text of the original

Journal article, but regardless of the validity of this information,

I have full confidence that it will be misinterpreted and misapplied.

-

[Guest guest]

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My mother has always had an interesting theory (and that's all it is) on SIDS:

How much new plastic is in the average newborns room? (How much an

increase was that from generations where SIDS was less common?)

How many hormone-like chemicals are in that new plastic?

How many parents close the windows at night to prevent baby from

getting a draft? (and resultantly keep in the plastic fumes...)

I wouldn't be surprised if plastic does all sorts of evil to a baby's

hormones. They drink out of plastic bottles through plastic nipples

and sleep in plastic diapers on mattresses covered with plastic

protectors surrounded by dozens and dozens of plastic toys...

And to think, the motto for plastic is " Plastic makes it possible. "

-Lana

On 12/5/05, Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

>

> >However, a study in the November issue of The

> >Journal of Pediatrics shows that elevated testosterone levels may

> >put infants at greater risk for SIDS.

> >

> > Emery, PhD, from the University of Washington, and

> >colleagues tested estrogen and testosterone levels in the blood

> >serum of 127 infants who had died of SIDS and 42 infants who had

> >died of other causes of unexpected infant death. They found that the

> >testosterone levels in the male SIDS infants were 120% higher than

> >in male non-SIDS infants and 50% higher in female SIDS infants than

> >in female non-SIDS infants. Estrogen levels were not different among

> >the SIDS and non-SIDS infants.

> >

> > " These results may be important for better understanding of SIDS

> >because the known relationship between testosterone and breathing

> >during sleep provides a mechanism that potentially contributes to

> >SIDS, " says Dr. Emery. Previous studies have indicated that higher

> >levels of testosterone may result in depressed breathing during

> >sleep, which in turn may increase the risk of SIDS.