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Friday, January 20th, 2012
Recent research published in the journal Urology concluded that noise-cancelling headphones playing classical music may reduce the anxiety and pain of a prostate biopsy that is often used to diagnose prostate cancer.
Eighty eight men were randomly assigned in the study to one of three groups. One group had no headphones, a second had noise-cancelling headphones without music, and the third had the headphones and listened to Bach concertos. Blood pressure was taken on all before and after a trans-rectal biopsy, an intrusive procedure. Among study participants, the diastolic blood pressure remained elevated after the procedure compared to before for both groups with no musical intervention. However, the men who wore the headphones and listened to Bach had no increase in blood pressure and reported less pain as measured on a questionnaire. Anxiety often causes a rise in diastolic blood pressure. This procedure is simple and easy to apply for those needing a prostate biopsy.
Tags: anxiety, music, pain, prostate biopsy, research
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
Research presented at the 76th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology concluded that physicians who listen to Mozart while performing colonoscopy may increase their detection rate over doing the procedure without music.
In the randomized, controlled study, two experienced endoscopists completed at least 1,000 colonoscopies with or without Mozart music and the detection rates were compared with their baseline rate before the study. For the first doctor the polyp detection rate was 67% with the music and 30 percent without the music. This is higher that the doctors prestudy baseline rate of 21 percent. For the second doctor , the polyp detection rate was 37 percent with the music, and 40 percent without. These are higher than the prestudy baseline rate of 27 percent. Adenomas are a type of colon polyp that are considered a precursor for invasive colorectal cancer so it is important to identify and remove these polyps. The researchers said “Anything we can do to get those rates up has the potential to save lives.” There is a large body of research that shows that clearing the colon of polyps significantly reduces colorectal cancer mortality and when detected in its earliest and most treatable stage, the survival rate for colorectal cancer exceeds 90 percent. This study has a small sample but the results may assist doctors to improve their detection rates of colon polyps.
Tags: Cancer, colonoscopy, colorectal polyps, Mozart music, research
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Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
Dr Carl O. Helvie, Host, Holistic Health Show interviewed Jonathan Goldman on the show yesterday. Jonathan talked about his new book The Divine Name in which he presents an intonation of the Divine Name using vowels. Jonathan has published 25 albums of music and written 5 books. More information is available on an earlier post on this blog and also at www.thedivinename.com
The recording of the interview follows:
Tags: auras, chakras, Divine Name, Dr Carl O Helvie, energy centers, global consciousness, global prayer, global warming, God, harmonics, healing meditations, Jonathan Goldman, Moses, music, peace meditation, prayers, sound healing, spirit music, super string theory, universal sound, vibrations, vowel sounds, weather patterns
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Dr Carl O Helvie, Host of the Holistic Health Show, will interview Jonathan Goldman on Saturday’s show. Jonathan is an international authority on sound healing and a pioneer in the field of harmonics. He has worked with masters of sound from both the scientific and the spiritual traditions and has been empowered by the Chant Master of the Dalai Lama’s Drepung Loseling Monestery to teach Tibetan Overtone Chanting.
Jonathan is author of Healing Sounds, Shifting Frequencies:The Lost Chord, and Tantra of Sounds: Frequencies of Healing that was coauthored with his wife Andi. He was winner of the 2006 Visionary Award for “Best Alternative Health Book” for his best selling The Seven Secrets of Sound Healing. He is Director of the Sound Healers Association and President of Spirit Music, Inc in Boulder, Colorado. A Grammy nominee, Jonathan has created numerous best-selling, award winning recordings including The Divine Name with Greg Braden, 2012: AscensVisionary Award, Grammy nominee, ion Harmonics and Chakra Chants that was a double winner of Visionary Awards for “Best Healing Meditation Album” and “Album of the Year,” He is a lecturing member of the International Society for Music Medicine and has dedicated his life to the path of service, helping awaken and empower others with the use of sound to heal and transform. He presents Healing Sound lectures, workshops and seminars worldwide. More information is available at www.healingsounds.com
Tags: Dr Carl O Helvie, harmonics, Jonathan Goldman, sound healing, Tibetan overtone chanting
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