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Music Soothes Pain after Surgery R
esearchers from the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, in New York City, studied the impact of music therapy on 60 patients that had undergone spinal fusion surgery. Half received a 30-minute music therapy session, along with standard postop- erative care, within 72 hours of surgery. The other half received only standard care. The scientists used the visual analog scale to measure pain before and after music therapy in both groups concurrently. The patients receiving music therapy experienced aver- age pain level reductions from 6.2 to 5.09, while the
control group averaged slight increases in pain, from 5.2 to 5.87. “The degree of change in the music group is notable for having been achieved
by non-pharmacologic means, with little chance of adverse effects,” explains Cen- ter Director and study co-author Joanne Loewy. “Pain is subjective and personal, and warrants an individualized approach to care. Certified, licensed music thera- pists can tailor treatment to each patient’s musical preferences and address their pain level.”
WOMEN LIVE LONGER WHEN SURROUNDED BY GREENERY
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esearchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, followed 108,630 U.S. women enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study between 2000 and 2008, comparing their mortality rates with the amount of vegetation around their homes. The researchers also accounted for related risk
factors such as age, socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity, and smoking behaviors. They concluded that subjects living in the greenest areas had a 12 percent lower mortality rate than those living in the least lush areas during the study period.
Resveratrol May Help Eye Health R
esveratrol is a natural substance found in grapes, peanuts, blueberries and other foods that’s known for its heart-pro- tective nature. Researchers believe it may also help promote eye health, including prevention of glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration, but not much is known about its presence in the eyes. Scientists from Tongji Medical College, in China, set out to measure the concentra- tion of trans-resveratrol in the eyes after oral supplementation. Three daily doses of Longevinex, an
oral trans-resveratrol-based capsule sup- plement, was administered to 35 adults prior to eye surgery on one of their eyes, and tissue samples of the conjunctiva, aqueous humor and vitreous humor were taken. Researchers measured the tissues for resveratrol concentration to determine how much of the supplement penetrated the eyes. Resveratrol metabolites were detected in the conjunctiva of 25 of the eyes, indicating that the beneficial sub- stance does pass through the brain.
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