It started in 2005 with the Johnson and Daviss BMJ paper that claimed to show that homebirth was safe even though the data showed that homebirth nearly tripled the risk of neonatal death. (skepticalob.com)
Women who had the highest scores for depression in the first and second trimesters — about 17 percent — had nearly triple the risk for gestational diabetes when compared to women who had lower depression scores. (sciencedaily.com)
In contrast, co-sleeping — another practice vigorously supported by Brown — is killing many more each year because, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, it nearly triples the risk of infant death from SIDS. (skepticalob.com)