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Role Of Climate Change In Disease Spread Examined By Researchers
By: Jim Kelly
Published: Saturday, 07 February 2009
Ever since scientists first proposed that our planet might be experiencing widespread climate change, concerns have been raised about its implications for the spread of arboviruses - viruses carried by arthropods such as mosquitoes, midges and ticks.
However, while alterations in temperature and rainfall are important factors in making new territory hospitable to an invading arbovirus, many other forces also play significant parts in new patterns of viral emergence.
The importance of sleep in the first three months of life
Source: www.healthmedicalarticles.com
Published: Thursday, 29 January 2009
The newborn infant sleeps for long periods of time : around 17-18 hours in the first few weeks and approximately 15 hours per day when they are three months old. However, they never sleep for more than 3-4 hours at once neither during the day nor the night.
Translation: you will neither sleep without interruptions. During nighttime you will have to wake up in order to feed and change the baby and during daytime you will play together.
