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Alfred Brendel

Alfred Brendel

Austrian composer and pianist (1931–2025)

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    Favorite music may ease needle pain, Zurich study suggests

    Patients who listened to their favorite music reported less pain around a vein puncture in a Zurich University Hospital study of 204 people. The authors describe the findings as preliminary and in need of confirmation.

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