Mozart Heals, Lowers Blood Pressure, Stress Hormone

Harvard Medicine, once known as the Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin, reports on a pleasant (and inexpensive) way to lower blood pressure and relieve stress. It's called Mozart, specifically Mozart's piano sonatas. The magazine reports that a senior surgical resident at Massachusetts General Hospital, randomized postsurgical critically ill intensive-care patients and had them listen to recordings of gentle Mozart piano music for one hour, during which their sedation was lifted. The control group was not exposed to music. When researches tested the patients, they found that classical music reduced blood pressure and heart rate, lowered stress-hormone levels, and reduced the need for sedatives. Another finding was more surprising: The patients’ levels of pituitary growth hormone rose by 50 percent, while levels of interleukin-6, which increases in response to stress, dropped significantly.

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