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A new
shows that music played during surgery can help
recover. The study was conducted by doctors at India's Maulana Azad Medical College. They played flute music to a
patient while she was having her gallbladder removed. Before the
, doctors gave the woman anaesthetic
to put her to sleep. Anaesthetics block pain
and totally relax a patient's
while they are asleep. However, even when anaesthetics make us sleep, the part of the brain that helps us listen stays partly
. Doctors say patients can still hear music. This means patients need
painkilling drugs, wake up faster, and are more
after surgery.