There are many studies showing the positive effect of music upon various areas of health. These are a few examples. Music has been utilized in clinical settings in the following cases:

1. Pain reduction in geriatric patients with arthritis (McCaffrey, 2003): Participants in this study were administered a 20 – minutes musical session every day and they were compared to a control group exposed to environmental silence during the same time. The elderly people who had been under music condition attained 66% pain reduction according to themselves, and 50% reduction according to the researchers, as compared to the control group that experienced pain at the same level.

2. Stress treatment of elementary teachers (Cheek et al., 2003): A team of researchers carried out a comparison among teachers undergoing clinical psychological treatment for stress. Half of the group received psychotherapy accompanied by music. The other half received the same intervention but without music. The first group achieved stress reduction in a significant greater extent than the second group.

3. Control of anxious responses to coronary angiography (Campbell et al., 2003): This study was carried out at Kingston General Hospital (Ontario, Canada). Music was present before, during and after the performance of coronary angiography. The experiment confirmed the soothing effect of music against the anxiety and pain that normally go along with this procedure.

4. Treatment of migrane in children (Nickel et al., 2002): This study established the effectiveness of musicotherapy for the psychiatric treatment of children suffering from migrane. This was especially manifested in the case of outpatients.

5. Anxiety reduction and increase of well-being in children diagnosed with cancer (Barrera et al., 2002): The study took place in Toronto (Canada) hospital among children with cancer exhibiting hospital anxiety. Young patients were exposed to interactive musical parts. Their mood was assessed. Parents also evaluated the playful behavior of their children. Both evaluations showed the positive effect of music.