Health Benefits of Music

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Loving music is a good thing! Did you know that there are tremendous benefits to listening to music?
Here are some of those advantages:

• A study from the University of Gothenburg shows that listening to music every day lowers stress.
• Researchers from the University of Maryland Medical Center discovered that joyful music is linked with heart health.
• Music lessons improve verbal memory in children according to a researcher in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• A study at Stanford University indicates that those with depression gained self-esteem and saw an improvement in their mood when they were visited by a music therapist.
• Patient stress is also reduced during surgery according to Cleveland Clinic's research.

Sources:
11 Health Benefits of Music
The power of music: It's a real heart opener
Using Music to Ease Patient Stress During Surgery