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Chronic pain affects over 40 percent of the general population and is one of the leading causes of disability. For years opioid-based medications have been the primary treatment choice for chronic ...

Music is often described as the medicine of the soul. Research has corroborated this idea and has actually shown that music can help people deal with pain. For example, a study showed that music is an ...

Your favorite song might not just lift your spirits — it could also help ease your pain. Music has long been hailed as a powerful therapeutic tool, but the science behind its brain-boosting effects is ...

A new study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health found that music therapy interventions involving singing, active instrument play, and relaxation/imagery may be more effective for reducing ...

Research has shown that music might be a drug-free way to lower humans’ pain perception. This decreased sensitivity to pain – also known as hypoalgesia – can occur when pain stimuli are disrupted ...