BACKGROUND Synchronisation/coupling between respiratory patterns and musical structure. METHODS Healthy professional musicians and members of the audience were studied during a performance of W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto KV 449. Electrocardiogram (ECG)/Heart Rate Variability (HRV) data recording (Schiller: Medilog®AR12, ECG-channels: 3, sampling rate: 4096 Hz, 16 Bit) was carried out and a si...

The most persuasive scientific evidence for the benefit of a cancer screening test comes from a randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) where the endpoint is a reduction in mortality from (or incidence of) the disease of interest. There have been three RCTs of a fecal occult blood test (Hemoccult; Beckman Coulter, Palo Alto, CA) for early detection of colorectal cancer involving more than 25...