Australian researchers have made a more than astonishing discovery. A doctor who listens to the Star Wars credits during a colonoscopy would be more effective. News as unusual as it is serious.
The initial objective was obviously not to prove the power of the credits of the Star Wars saga, composed by John Williams, but to find what type of music allowed to reduce the stress of the patient, while making the health professional more performing during a colonoscopy.
Researchers at the Austin hospital in the state of Victoria, near Melbourne, therefore carried out 103 tests. 58 colonoscopies took place with the Star Wars credits in the background, entitled “Battle of the heroes”. 45 with pop music.
The results, published in the Medical Journal of Australia are final: Star Wars wins.
Twice as many polyps and adenomas detected
With the credits of the saga, caregivers have identified twice as many polyps and adenomas.
Polyps are benign tumors, growths that form on the inner wall of the colon; Ladenomas, benign tumors that grow on a gland or mucous membrane.
The researchers therefore recommend that all health professionals try the experiment in their turn.
40,000 cases per year
Because if these tumors are benign, some polyps or adenomas are likely to develop into cancerous tumors.
In France, colorectal cancer is the third most frequent cancer. More than 40,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
Colorectal cancer mainly affects people over the age of 50. Free mass screening is offered to men and women aged 50 to 74 with a stool test. if it is positive or doubtful, a colonoscopy should be done, which is now done more and more often under general anesthesia.
If you’re not a Star Wars fan and don’t have the credits in mind, you can listen to it here.
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