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The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] has not taken a position on the association of male non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision and SIDS, nor is it likely to because of the conflict of interest between good medicine and the [[Financial Incentive| financial interests]] of its fellows (members).
The ''Daily Mail'' (2021) reported the stress of non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision increases the risk of SIDS, and that the incidence of SIDS is lower where baby boys are not circumcised.<ref name="thompson2021">{{REFnews
|title=Circumcising newborn boys increases their risk of cot death due to the stress of the procedure - and could explain why it is more common in boys than girls, study finds
|url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5998771/Circumcising-newborn-boys-increases-risk-cot-death-stress-procedure.html
|last=Thompson
|first=Alexandra
|coauthors=
|publisher=Daily Mail
|website=
|date=2021-07-27
|accessdate=2021-08-02
|quote=
}}</ref>
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