Dr. Vibhu R. Kshettry led a recent study that integrated alternative therapies with modern medicine for heart surgery patients, and the results were music to his ears — as well as the ears of his patients.
Kshettry, a senior cardiovascular surgeon with the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, was the head of a study that revealed heart surgery patients given alternative therapies — like light massages and listening to music — experienced less pain and tension pre- and post-surgery.
The next time my Dad has a bypass, I'm going to bust into his room at midnight and scream "I like to move it, move it!"