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...decrease the chance of rebreathing exhaled air, your SIDS rate is going to be reduced, says Li. "Using...
...deforestation afflicting much of the tropical world, including Madagascar, where 90% of the country's original forest cover has been lost. Vast stretches of the once verdant island, where I traveled with Mittermeier last month, are eroded wastelands, capable of supporting few animals or people. Though the rate of deforestation has been reduced sharply in recent years, thanks in part to a greener government, Madagascar's protected areas are still threatened by new mining projects and simple human population growth. Mammals like the greater bamboo lemur are highly sensitive to their environment; if we lose the small stretch of forests...
...NICHD's federally funded "Back to Sleep" campaign, which advocates for putting babies to sleep face-up, has helped reduce the national SIDS death rate 56%, from 1.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1992 to .53 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2003. In addition to placing babies on their backs to sleep, pediatricians recommend that parents use firm mattresses for babies, avoid soft bedding such as comforters and quilts, put babies in their own cribs at night, keep infants from overheating and refrain from smoking during pregnancy and infancy...
...study led by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, who examined the brain tissue of babies who died from SIDS and those who died from other causes. Researchers found that SIDS babies often have a brain defect in a region of the brain that controls breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. The abnormality appears to weaken the responsiveness of certain functions, including arousal from sleep when the body fails to get enough oxygen. Researchers think the defect may be genetic in origin, although there are no biological tests yet to determine risk...
Government data indicate that the flu shot is more necessary than ever. The rate of flu deaths among children, while not high, are continuing to rise - more than 80 deaths were recorded in the 2007-2008 flu season, according to the CDC - highlighting the potential benefit of vaccination...