HOUSTON — MD Anderson Cancer Center is conducting groundbreaking research to determine whether music can literally heal the body. Researchers are using advanced brain wave mapping technology to study ...

Music can be a powerful tool to help process complex emotions. But music therapy — using music in a clinical setting to help with mental and physical health issues — goes far beyond just listening to ...

Have you ever noticed how a certain song can instantly change your mood? Maybe it lifts your spirits after a rough day or ...

Imagine having an iPod with only one track loaded into its memory. But listening to that track can ease your anxiety and depression, reverse insomnia, relieve chronic pain and stamp out cravings for ...

When you think of cancer care, you probably think of IVs and chemotherapy. But, there’s another part to the care…music. Music ...

In two separate studies, researchers learned more about the way that our brains respond to music. One study found that brain neurons synchronize with musical rhythms, while the other showed how ...

While music can provide powerful emotional benefits and stress relief, it’s not a direct replacement for professional therapy. However, music does offer significant psychological and physiological ...

This post is a review of I Heard There Was A Secret Chord: Music As Medicine. By Daniel J. Levitin. W.W. Norton & Co. 405 pp. $32.50. In 1993, Nature magazine reported on a study suggesting that ...

In the rapidly evolving world of neuroscience, breakthroughs are constantly emerging, aiming to improve our cognitive functions and enhance our overall mental well-being. Among the latest innovations ...

Music could provide a breakthrough in assessing consciousness levels in children who have suffered significant brain injuries, according to new research. Music could provide a breakthrough in ...

Rebecca Atkinson is a board member of Chiltern Music Therapy, and has received funding from The Musicians Company to carry out research activities for children with Batten disease. When we hear the ...

Apple Music, under an exclusive deal with Universal Music Group, is rolling out a collection of instrumental versions of pop songs — crafted based on audio science — that it claims can help you better ...