Premature infants treated with daily Massage Therapy gain more weight and have shorter hospital stays than infants who are not massaged.
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A study of 40 low-birth-weight babies found that the 20 massaged babies had a 47% greater weight gain per day and stayed in the hospital an average of six days less than 20 infants who did not receive massage.
As a result of music therapy for babies, babies and their parents can have better communication skills with each other. This may be because music helps calm premature babies and their parents. The use of relatives' songs, breathing sounds, and lively rhythms have been found to reduce stress. Music interventions help create bonding time that builds physical engagement and results in positive participation.
Both premature infants and full-term babies need the relaxation that comes from massaging and moving their limbs and muscles
Cocaine-exposed, preterm infants given massage three times daily for a 10 day period showed significant improvement.
937 Premature babies are born each year
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12 % of babies born are premature
It hasn't been proven that drinking diet soda causes premature babies.
Weight and size of premature babies varies in regards to how many weeks of gestation, reason why they are premature, genetics, etc. There are so many variables so there is no standard size for premature babies.
No this is called in-breeding and it will cause premature babies and they will not live
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