Researchers working along with Doctor Levitin studied patients who were about to have a procedure. Participants were asked to either listen to music or take pills. Scientists tracked patient's ratings of their own worrying, as well as the levels of Cortisol.
The results were fascinating; the participants who decided to listen to music were more relaxed and less stressed than their counterparts who took medication.
A; it mentions in the second sentence that he hadn't slept two consecutive hours due to dreams. He kept trying to get back to sleep near the end of the story, so that would be the main conflict.