Newborn Screening Awareness Month
September- Newborn Screening Awareness Month An initiative to address the serious but rare ailments in the babies that can negatively influence their normal and healthy growth. What is Newborn Screening? Newborn screening involves a group of tests or investigations for health disorders in newborn babies at risk that are not found at birth otherwise. Newborn […]
Sleep
Sleep is a naturally reoccurring altered state of consciousness and a periodic state of rest for mind and body characterised by decreased awareness, decreased bodily movements and responsiveness to external stimuli. Stages of Sleep • Stages 1 to 3 – rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep or quiet sleep. • Stage 4 – rapid eye movement […]