[MrBingley]

> The allostatic load hypothesis posits that SIDS is the result of perinatal cumulative painful, stressful, or traumatic exposures that tax neonatal regulatory systems.

If true, this would mean that babies can literally be "stressed to death". Wow. I wonder what the age is when this begins to taper off.

Also, circumcision for babies and children should be outlawed. All freedoms are subject to limitations, including religious ones.

[ceejayoz]

> Wow. I wonder what the age is when this begins to taper off.

Never? Stress causes heart attacks, suicide, overeating, etc. in adults. For example: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/broken-heart-...