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...Western Europe shares many characteristics with the United States, so its upcoming path will be a challenging one. But when it comes to poor countries, they are more likely to lose sleep over the rising food and other commodity prices than to suffer directly because of the evaporation of some companies in America. In fact, when America’s consumption slows down, the upward pressure on prices of scarce commodities will dwindle. Foreign countries will surely welcome appropriate restructuring of the U.S. economy (American shoppers make growth much easier in a number of countries), but they are not standing...
Betty McEntire, executive director of the American SIDS Institute, says the study is useful for underscoring the link between SIDS and rebreathing or overheating. "We know that increased carbon dioxide can hurt the baby's ability to arouse during sleep," says McEntire. "So you definitely want to prevent your baby from rebreathing and overheating...
...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...
...benefit of a fan became apparent, however, when it was used in sleep environments typically associated with a higher risk of SIDS. For example, researchers found that fans were associated with a 94% reduction in SIDS risk for babies who slept in rooms that exceeded 70 degrees F (21 degrees C); an 85% reduction for infants in rooms with closed windows; an 86% reduction among babies placed on their sides or stomach to sleep; and a 78% reduction among those who did not use a pacifier (the pacifier's handle is hypothesized to help maintain babies' breathing space under...
...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...