'Music medicine' can help calm nerves - research

The drug midazolam is sometimes prescribed as a sedative for patients undergoing a range of procedures.Their study involved patients having a type of regional anaesthetic .

Sedatives used to treat anxiety can have side-effects that affect breathing and blood flow and need continuous monitoring, they said. The second group listened to Marconi Union's Weightless series of music via noise cancelling headphones.The result showed that patients in the music group had similar levels of anxiety to those on the drugs - suggesting music was just as effective at calming nerves.

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