Music Heals - But Does it?

It has been said that music is good for you and assists the healing process. Apparently, it's cheaper to give patients music than administer medication. Less sleep medication is required.

Mozart's piano sonatas have been found to be the best "treatment". People listening to this music had decreased stress hormones and increased growth hormones. Researchers even go so far as to say "If patients could be exposed to music in the ICU … they would survive more often".

Now here is the "hit" - I don't like Mozart's music. And I doubt if being forced to listen to it would lessen stress or raise growth hormones in my case.

A lot of researchers actually select their subjects for projects without even knowing it. For example, only those who like such music would participate in the first place.
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Reptiles and Other Animals Will Find Global Warming Difficult

Crocodiles will find it difficult to survive if the world continues to heat up. When temperatures rise offspring are all female. The few males that are born will be really busy!

This rule applies to virtually all reptiles including alligators, turtles, lizards, etc.

It has also been found that as the world warms, animals and insects move to higher latitudes on mountains. Indeed, species living in a niche on mountain tops have already become very rare and in some cases extinct.
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People Claim Stress Causes Cancer

Perhaps researchers have given up on finding a cure for cancer. The disease is now being blamed on stress and bad luck. This is despite the real cause being smoking and diet.

It seems people will not own up to causative factors such as behavior and lifestyle. Half of bowel and breast cancer patients said stress and worry led to their condition. Some said a virus, germ or their personality was a factor.

Hardly anyone admitted that heavy smoking leads to cancer.
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