Just One More Day! In a hospital, night never truly falls; there is only an anticipation of a beautiful new dawn. The sounds heard throughout the day gradually fade away, and the movement of people slows down. The lights in the corridors cast a glow of hope and faith against the darkness of the night. Outside the doors of the maternity ward, one might occasionally hear hurried footsteps. Somewhere, a baby cries; elsewhere, nurses converse. Then, everything falls silent once more... Yet, even in such stillness, a doctor’s mind is rarely at rest. That night, I, too, was far from calm. My thoughts were occupied by a pregnant woman. The baby growing within her was not yet ready to enter the world, but the amniotic fluid —which surrounds and protects the fetus —had begun to leak prematurely. The pregnancy was at about twenty-eight weeks; the baby still needed several more weeks inside the womb . But sometimes, nature attempts to open the door before the appointed time. In such moments...
Music: A Medicine for Mental Health It is noted that music helps reduce mental stress, anxiety, and depression, while also balancing dopamine and serotonin levels. Music is a synthesis of singing, playing instruments, and dance—methods used to express human emotions, thoughts, and sensations through sound. It is not merely a source of entertainment; rather, it is a universal language of the universe that requires no words or grammar to be understood. A simple melody can bring profound peace. By balancing neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin in the brain, music helps to naturally alleviate mental stress, anxiety, and depression. From a medical perspective, therefore, music serves as both a powerful medicine and a form of exercise for mental health. Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland conducted a study in which the nursery rhyme "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star..." was played for pregnant mothers five times a week, starting three months before the bab...