Here's an interesting idea about

A Colorado State University veterinarian and a psychologist are studying whether playing classical music will calm cats and their owners while visiting the vet.

"Pet owners note that their cats dislike going to the vet more so than dogs, which means they may take them less often. This may then lead to less regular medical attention for cats."

Complete article: Veterinarian studies impact classical music has on felines

Hilarious comment about the article on the newspaper's website:

"Wow, interesting notion. Having escorted many a cat to the vet, my lifetime perception is that anything short of a kitty-Xanax (or MMJ :) will have an immeasurable effect on the vast majority of felines that are naturally so neurotic with their fight-or-flight hardwiring. (the Zen-cat is rare). And any claim of possible 2nd-ary effect (calmer escort = calmer kitty) is silly; cats live in a cat-centric world, and when confronted by a car-ride in a cramped carrier, big dogs, a stranger palpitating and lifting gums, needles, and a thermometer poked where no thermometer belongs, any self-respecting cat will dismiss elevator music as just more noise, even if the handler is calm as a frozen pond. If this study shows as much as a 10% reduction in cat-stress, that translates to 9 instead of 10 bleeding wounds to anyone nearby, if it's even statistically significant. Please spend the grant money on researching cures for incurables. Or subsidizing housecalls to multi-cat homes. Or educating cat owners (staff) on cat health and periodic self-exams."