Lullabies and other music may help sick preemies

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Lullabies and other music may help sick preemies

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Singing or playing womb-like sounds in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may help slow the heart rate and improve sleep and eating patterns of premature babies, a new study suggests. Researchers found infants who had respiratory distress or sepsis tended to do better while listening to their parents sing a lullaby or to sounds mimicking a mother's heartbeat or fluid in the womb. ...

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