Editing Benjamin Spock (section)

===Sudden infant death syndrome===
Spock advocated that infants should not sleep on their backs, commenting in his 1958 edition that "if [an infant] vomits, he's more likely to choke on the vomitus." This advice was extremely influential on healthcare providers, with nearly unanimous support through the 1990s.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Ruth Gilbert|author2=Georgia Salanti|author3=Melissa Harden|author4=Sarah See|year=2005|title=Infant sleeping position and the sudden infant death syndrome: systematic review of observational studies and historical review of recommendations from 1940 to 2002|journal=International Journal of Epidemiology|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|volume=34|issue=4|pages=874–87|doi=10.1093/ije/dyi088|pmid=15843394|citeseerx=10.1.1.488.3870}}</ref> Later empirical studies, however, found a significantly increased risk of [[sudden infant death syndrome]] (SIDS) associated with infants sleeping on their abdomens. Advocates of [[evidence-based medicine]] have used this as an example of the importance of basing healthcare recommendations on statistical evidence. One researcher estimated that as many as 50,000 infant deaths in Europe, Australia, and the U.S. could have been prevented had this advice been changed by 1970 when such evidence became available.<ref>[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]. "Health Report", September 11, 2006. Radio program. [https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/facing-the-evidence---part-one/3345712 Transcript]</ref>