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. …