Written by: Anupam Agarwal, M.D. Art and music have long been intertwined with medicine and science, offering not only creative expression but also serving as components of healing. Whether during ...

Music and its healing powers can be traced to the ancient Greeks, who visited the healing temples of Asclepios to seek inner peace and relief from suffering. According to Pavli (2024), in the ancient ...

In the summer of 2024, Lacy Beane woke up in the ICU at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The 32-year-old had been in a coma for weeks, slowly recovering after a severe case of sepsis had led to multisystem ...

Beliefs and practices about music's ability to heal the mind, body, and spirit date back to the Upper Paleolithic period, about 20,000 years ago. Music was widely used by shamans and other healers to ...

Music can heal us on many levels. Novelist Maria Dong, the author of Liar, Dreamer, Thief, says music was a “lifeline” that has helped her deal with her mental illness (2023a). Maria began having ...

A nonprofit called the Healing Arts Project brings live music to patients and staff in some Palm Beach County hospitals. The program was founded in 2021 by professional musicians Jeff and Joanna Marie ...