Listening to Rihanna songs can take away your pain after surgery

Rude Boy singer can get you back to rude health in no time according to new studies.

Listening to pop star Rihanna can ease children’s pain after major surgery, a study reveals.

Young patients who listened to 30 minutes of hits by Rihanna, Taylor Swift and other favourites had a significant reduction in pain, the research at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago found.

Report author Dr Santhanam Suresh said: “Audio therapy should be considered by hospitals as an important strategy to minimise pain in children undergoing major surgery.”

Youngsters, aged nine to 14, chose from a playlist of music, including pop, country, rock and classical.

A strategy to control pain without medication is important because it can cause breathing difficulties in children.

The report says that a strategy to control post-surgical pain without medication is important because opioid analgesics - most commonly used to control post-surgical pain - can cause breathing problems in children.

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