Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 6, 2011 15:20:01 GMT -6
Its really a question of how they use their Magic Flute
How Mozart Could Help Doctors Conduct Colonoscopies
Listening to a little Mozart could help doctors better detect potentially dangerous polyps (also known as adenomas), a new study suggests.
Research presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology suggests that listening to Mozart improves precancerous polyp detection rates to 36.7 percent from 27.16 percent, ABC News reported.
"Adenoma detection rate is linked to a reduction in colorectal cancer incidence so it is an important quality indicator for colonoscopy," study researcher Dr. Catherine Noelle O'Shea, D.O., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, said in a statement. "Anything we can do [to] get those rates up has the potential to save lives."
Researchers looked at how listening to Mozart affected the detection rates of two doctors who had each performed more than 1,000 colonoscopies. They compared these rates with their rate of detection before the study (called the "baseline" rate).
For the first doctor, the polyp detection rate was 67 percent with the music, and 30 percent without the music. This is higher than the doctor's before-study detection rate of 21 percent, MSN reported.
And for the second doctor, the polyp detection rate was 37 percent with the music, and 40 percent without. Even though the detection rate sans music was higher than the rate with the music in the study, both rates are still higher than the doctor's pre-study detection rate of 27 percent, according to MSN.
Listening to a little Mozart could help doctors better detect potentially dangerous polyps (also known as adenomas), a new study suggests.
Research presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology suggests that listening to Mozart improves precancerous polyp detection rates to 36.7 percent from 27.16 percent, ABC News reported.
"Adenoma detection rate is linked to a reduction in colorectal cancer incidence so it is an important quality indicator for colonoscopy," study researcher Dr. Catherine Noelle O'Shea, D.O., of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, said in a statement. "Anything we can do [to] get those rates up has the potential to save lives."
Researchers looked at how listening to Mozart affected the detection rates of two doctors who had each performed more than 1,000 colonoscopies. They compared these rates with their rate of detection before the study (called the "baseline" rate).
For the first doctor, the polyp detection rate was 67 percent with the music, and 30 percent without the music. This is higher than the doctor's before-study detection rate of 21 percent, MSN reported.
And for the second doctor, the polyp detection rate was 37 percent with the music, and 40 percent without. Even though the detection rate sans music was higher than the rate with the music in the study, both rates are still higher than the doctor's pre-study detection rate of 27 percent, according to MSN.