BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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narcolepsy.
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sleep apnea.
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sleep terrors.
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sudden infant death syndrome.
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Detailed explanation-1: -SIDS is the leading cause of death among infants 1 month to 1 year old, and remains unpredictable despite years of research. Even so, the risk of SIDS can be greatly reduced. Most important: Babies younger than 1 year old should be placed on their backs to sleep-never on their stomachs or on their sides.
Detailed explanation-2: -Put your baby on his back while he sleeps. Studies have shown that putting babies to sleep on their backs has reduced the number of SIDS cases by as much as a half.
Detailed explanation-3: -The single most effective action that parents and caregivers can take to lower a baby’s risk of SIDS is to place the baby to sleep on his or her back for naps and at night. Compared with back sleeping, stomach sleeping increases the risk of SIDS by 1.7-12.9.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1994, a campaign called “Back to Sleep” (now called Safe to Sleep) raised awareness for putting children to bed on their backs. The campaign was a success-it dropped the incidence of SIDS by 60 percent.