Pleasant smell may reduce apnea in preemies

Premature newborns have a heightened risk of sleep apnea -- brief periods when they stop breathing -- but pumping a pleasant odor into their incubators seems to reduce the frequency of such spells, a study from France suggests. More effective treatments are needed for the common problem of recurrent apnea among premature babies, Dr. Luc Mar...

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