http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The sounds you hear while taking a walk may soon play a role in managing chronic pain, according to researchers in Simon Fraser University's pain studies lab. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-house-feature-soundwalks-pain.html Medical research Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:31:01 EST news281604651 (Medical Xpress)—Stroke victims affected with loss of speech caused by Broca's aphasia have been shown to speak fluidly through the use of a process called "speech entrainment" developed by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-technique-victims.html Neuroscience Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:02:13 EST news277552885 New research shows that the use of an audio therapy known as binaural beats can significantly reduce patients' anxiety during cataract surgery. The 141-patient study, conducted in Thailand, is the first of its kind in cataract surgery, which is one of the most frequently performed procedures worldwide, with more than 3 million performed annually in the United States. The research is being presented today at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, jointly conducted this year with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cataract-surgery-patient-anxiety.html Ophthalmology Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:42:19 EST news271935733 Listen up, pedestrians wearing headphones. Can you hear the trains or cars around you? Many probably can't, especially young adult males. Serious injuries to pedestrians listening to headphones have more than tripled in six years, according to new research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. In many cases, the cars or trains are sounding horns that the pedestrians cannot hear, leading to fatalities in nearly three-quarters of cases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-toll-pedestrians-headphones-triples.html Health Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:52:45 EST news246005553 Tuning in to tune out may be just what's needed for men undergoing a prostate biopsy, according to researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-headphone-music-eases-anxiety-prostate.html Health Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:11:58 EST news245329909