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New Research into Cot Death

New research into the causes of sudden infant death syndrome focuses on the gasp reflex

How one of the factors involved in sudden infant death syndrome (cot death) could be a failure of a baby's auto-resuscitation mechanism, the gasp reflex. The cane toad was introduced to Australia in 1935 as an early experiment in natural pest control but it is evolving into an ecological nightmare involving snakes, too. As part of the World Service's Fuelling the Future season, a report of less obvious sources of energy, including alcohol.

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成人快手 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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