Article: New study confirms that music can have powerful effect on emotions.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

WASHINGTON _ Music may be the food of love, but its ``nutritional'' value goes beyond the amorousness of soft jazz on a Saturday night.

Scientists and doctors are studying music's powers to cure _ and are exploring the curious links between melodies and maladies. A new study supported by the National Institutes of Health is confirming that music can influence the emotions powerfully.

The scientists may just be catching up with the rest of us: Who hasn't been perked out of the blues by a cheerful tune? Who hasn't been soothed by waves crashing on a shore (sounds appropriated by New Age musicians) or wind rustling through trees?

``Music has a way of ...

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