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Also, it has confirmed my suspicion that as much as I like a limited scandal now and then, I may not have the stomach for all-out scandal. The last scandal I enjoyed without qualification was the one triggered by the revelation that a writer named Clifford Irving was about to publish a book based on extensive interviews with Howard Hughes--a moneybags so maniacally reclusive that he made Thomas Pynchon seem like William Ginsburg. Irving, of course, had dreamed it all up, presumably figuring that a man reclusive enough to make his words particularly valuable would be too reclusive...
Tammy Lowery couldn't see the blood vessels rupturing in her gut, but the way she was feeling, she didn't have to. Lowery had been sick for five days, growing steadily worse as the week wore on. First had come the stomach pains. Then the bloody diarrhea. Then the paralyzing cramps. She had laid off food for a while, figuring the problem would pass. It didn't. Finally, as July 4 approached--when Lowery should have been at the Alpine, Wyo., gift shop where she works, preparing for the crush of campers and tourists who make the Independence...
...back make such a difference? Researchers suspect the answer has more to do with physics than pathology. As anyone who has ever held one knows, babies are weak. But what you may not realize is just how weak their lungs, in particular, are. If by lying on his stomach, a baby's face becomes mashed against the mattress cover, he can have his breathing passage blocked or can breathe from a small pocket of air until it is depleted of oxygen. Babies' lungs just aren't strong enough to suck in air through the sheets, quilts or mattress covering. Sleeping...
...even if you already place your baby on his back to sleep, there is still more you can do to lower his risk of SIDS. Make sure the mattress is firm, so if your child rolls onto his stomach, his face won't settle into the bed. Remove all fluffy pillows and stuffed animals from the crib. And never let your baby fall asleep on a sheepskin--even on his back. A number of infants have died when the sheepskin or other soft bedding wound up covering their faces. Apparently, the material can cause just enough of a pocket...
Picture this scene from a recent hit movie. It's night. A car idles at a railroad crossing, waiting for the train. Inside the car are a man and a woman. She's pregnant. She asks the man to feel her stomach--her baby is kicking. It's the kind of dewy moment that wouldn't be out of place in a financial-services commercial, or maybe one for tires...