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 From :-  BBC  World News  By ;-   Amanda Ruggeri Edited by :- Amal Udawatta        Getty Images The sleeping and waking cycles of babies can be a cause of constant stress for parents (Credit: Getty Images) From the idea that most infants sleep 12 hours to the suggestion that daytime naps can improve nighttime slumbers, we expose the biggest misconceptions that are troubling parents. Few aspects of child development are as rife with misinformation as infant sleep – a space that's largely been taken over by companies and books aimed at selling sleep programmes, coaching and advice. From the idea that babies should "sleep through" by six months of age to the belief that motion naps aren't restorative, here are five common myths about infant sleep – and what the scientific research actually says. 1. No, most babies don't 'sleep through the night' While an infant or toddler "sleeping through" might be the holy grail for parents, it is relati...

  From - BBC World News By -  David Cox Edited by - Amal Udawatta     Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) A pioneering new treatment promises to tackle a wider range of cancers, with fewer side-effects than conventional radiotherapy. It also takes less than a second. In a series of vast underground caverns on the outskirts of Geneva, Switzerland, experiments are taking place which may one day lead to new generation of radiotherapy machines. The hope is that these devices could make it possible to  cure complex brain tumours ,  eliminate cancers that have metastasised  to distant organs, and generally  limit the toll  which cancer treatment exerts on the human body. The home of these experiments is the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (Cern), best known to the world as the particle physics hub that developed the Large Hadron Collider, a 27 kilometre (16.7 mile)-long ring of superconducting magnets capable of accelerating particles to n...