Music may be a prescription for pain relief. A new study published in the journal The Lancet finds that listening to music before, during and after surgery can help reduce patients' pain. A team of U.K. researchers from Queen Mary University of London, Brunel University and the BartsHealth NHS Trust conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 72 randomized trials about the impact of music, comparing it to standard pain relief medications or non-drug interventions on post-operative recovery in adult patients undergoing a variety of surgical procedures.
