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For mothers with infants, this may be some comforting news. A new study indicates that Babies who sleep in rooms with a fan have a dramatically lower risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). However, SIDS continues to be the leading cause of death among infants in the first year of life.

This is one of the latest findings by researchers to suggest that a baby’s sleeping environment weighs heavily in the risk for SIDS, which is diagnosed when the sudden death of an infant can’t be explained by other health concerns.

The study, published recently in The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, “found that simply having a fan in the room lowered a baby’s risk of SIDS by 72 percent. The gains were even greater if the baby slept on the stomach or was sleeping in a warmer room, both of which are risk factors for SIDS.”

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