A new study has suggested that listening to your favorite tunes could actually help you recover from surgery more quickly.

Researchers tell us that music can boost one’s mood by increasing dopamine levels and reduce anxiety and stress by reducing cortisol levels. (Cortisol is frequently referred to as the “stress ...

The Daily Beast: We all want to learn how to manage our stress in the run up to the election—and we want to understand more about how music can help. Dr. Daniel Levitin: Oh, so this is a therapy ...

Elizabeth Cook reports on a Stanford medical student who is using music to comfort palliative care patients nearing the end ...

Music therapy, the utilization of music for therapeutic purposes, is gaining recognition as a potent tool in managing anxiety and depression, two conditions that affect millions worldwide.

“I don’t want to get over that.” Regardless of what the anxiety-inducing future brings — more music, more tours and all the uncertainty that comes with life on the precipice of greater ...

Ohio State researchers are exploring the potential of music intervention as a solution for reducing symptoms of ...