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With this recognition has come a commensurate decrease in, and in some cases, abolition of, the label \u201csudden infant death syndrome\u201d (SIDS). Current controversies often pertain to how and why some infant deaths are determined to be asphyxial in nature and whether or not apparent asphyxial circumstances are risk factors for SIDS, or rather, harbingers of asphyxial deaths. In an effort to sidestep these controversies, some forensic pathologists elected to instead use the noncommittal label \u201csudden unexpected infant death\u201d (SUID), leading to the unfortunate consequence of SUID \u2013 like SIDS \u2013 gaining notoriety as an actual disease that could be diagnosed, studied, and ultimately cured. 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