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SPOTLIGHT: Economic stress leads to increase in MA shaken-baby cases
In Massachusetts, cases of shaken-baby syndrome are on the rise, influenced largely by the current state of economic stress. Last year at this time, Children's Hospital Boston and Massachusetts General had seen four cases of shaken-baby syndrome; already this year, they have seen nine. Dr. Alice Newton, medical director of the Child Protection Team at Children's, said that many of the parents involved have either been laid off or suffered a hardship, such as the electricity being turned off. Article
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