Sudden infant death: 14 ways parents raise the risk

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Parents of young infants fear sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) - and for good reason. SIDS kills about 2,500 babies in the U.S. each year. No one knows exactly what causes seemingly healthy babies to die without any obvious cause. But scientists have found that parents do things that put their babies at needless risk.

Keep clicking as CBS News, with the help of information provided by American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute, reveals 14 things that put babies at risk...

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