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Article: Music is medicine for body and soul.(Well-Being)
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- Natural Life
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Music has been known to have a positive effect on both mental and physical health since ancient times, when people used singing, dancing and chanting as a part of rituals to throw out the evil spirits that supposedly caused disease.
Experiencing and making music have been linked to lower heart rate, decreased blood pressure and reduced stress. Music also has been shown to offer pain relief, although that has been controversial until recently. When two German researchers published results of their look at music's effect on the chronic pain associated with fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome and polyarthritis in 1997, they noted the lack of research on the ...