Music for Premature Babies (01-07-10)

Premature babies who listen to music by Mozart grow faster than children who don’t listen to it.  Growing faster makes premature babies stronger sooner and better at fighting disease.  It is unclear at this time if the same effects would be found with other types of music or even other classical music, more specifically.  Wiring neonatal intensive care units for music systems seems like a good idea, in any case.

“A Sonata a Day Keeps the Doctor Away.”  2010.  Press release, The American Friends of Tel Aviv University, http://www.aftau.org