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In hospitals and doctor's offices across the U.S., singers and musicians are helping patients. The performances come amid several recent studies suggesting that listening to music can help alleviate pain. NTD's Andrew Thomas has more. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, nurse Rod Salasai helps patients manage their pain after surgery. Along with medications, he performs music ranging from folk songs to favorites like Somewhere Over the Rainbow. He says music and pain medication work side-by-side. Once they got some pain medication, they started to relax and then when you instill some music in between, then exactly it's a different, it's a different level of comfort that Salasai says he sees music's impact on heart rate, blood pressure, and sometimes requests for fewer painkillers. Patient Richard Huang says the music helped him focus on recovery instead of pain. I was expecting a typical nurse that just comes in and do his or her job and that's it. And Rod came in here with a whole different attitude and atmosphere. Salasai says he has performed for about 2,000 patients over the last 16 years. I want to encourage them through music and give them hope that regardless of what's going on through the hospital stay and and all words would be manageable. Dutch researchers have found that music can draw attention away from pain. A study on 548 participants found tunes of all genres helped. Andrew Thomas, NTD News.