Polyester Bride » pain http://polyester-bride.com Entertainment News and Miscellaneous Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:02:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Music reduces pain in babies http://polyester-bride.com/2009/05/29/music-reduces-pain-in-babies/ http://polyester-bride.com/2009/05/29/music-reduces-pain-in-babies/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 05:29:08 +0000 highnote http://polyester-bride.com/?p=16 Continue reading →]]> Interesting – looks like music can reduce the sensation of pain in babies.  Scientists got together a bunch of studies and looked at them to conclude the soothing music reduced pain, lowered heart rates, and increased oxygenation in blood.  How can you tell from a baby whether this is working?  Looks like they looked at these things by measuring baby vitals during heel pricks, circumcision (ouch), and suckling.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/besttreatments/2009/may/28/music-may-ease-pain-for-newborn-babies

Anyway, I don’t know if the quality of the studies was very good.  I bet the differences between babies with and without music was pretty miniscule,you know.

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