I've listened to classical, and as long as it's slow it's not bad. I've listened to a lot of binaural beats, and for focusing it worked quite well. Thanks for sharing I will definitely check this out.

You should run a test comparing amount of code commits made listening as opposed to silence. Kind of like lovesdata did with coffee and universal analytic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C27yMQOS8n0

I don't think you can cure it. Only suppress it, or harness it. Drugs can only do so much, but taking them while I was in school definitely helped. Believe it or not, medical marijuana helps more than one would think, but it's illegal in my state.