Hospitals and Healthcare

We asked experts about the health benefits of listening to gongs, chimes and crystal bowls.

A group of Gold Coast medical students are performing as string quartet in an oncology ward to bring joy to people going through the darkest of times.

In music therapy, clients play and listen to music as treatment for stress, depression and anxiety. Here’s how it works.

Music can help redce anxiety for some people. Start with music that matches your frame of mind and slowly shift to more soothing themes.

Mental health is very important. There are many ways to improve or aid your mental health. A popular method is through music.

While Parkinson's can cause people's speech to soften, a choir in Sydney is strengthening the voices of those with the disease.

Birds are a way to connect with nature, which is associated with better body and brain health, research shows.

Health issues have kept pianist Natalie Trayling from performing on the streets of Melbourne, but that hasn’t been able to keep her from playing.

Hypnosis and music may have a role to play in pain management for palliative care patients, a Laval University researcher has found.

As a child, ordinary sensations of clothes on her skin made Allison Davies feel as though her life was under threat. She recognised the life-changing power of sound when she became a music therapist — both for herself and others

Listening to music helps palliative care patients on a physiological level, reducing the perception of pain, feelings of anxiety, leaving a profound emotional impact.

“When you are happy, you enjoy the music, when you are sad, you understand the lyrics.” Georgia Pitts is a