Rupinder, a guy who’s always on the lookout for stories where music and medicine intersect, sent me this article from JAMA’s otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat) publication. How effective are earplugs when it
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Last week, a post called “A Serious Question: Where Are All the Angry Rock Songs?” created quite a passionate discussion on this site as well as where it appeared on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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According to some outfit called Healthista, loud music might be making you fat. They point out things around the house that could cause you to eat more than you really need to. Culprits
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Now that Ebola seems to be fading, the World Health Organization, being the “this-is-bad-for-you” busybodies that it is (and often with very good reasons) has issued another dire health warning. This time it
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Earlier this week, the US government opened up its files on how various agencies have used torture to excise information from prisoners. Sleep deprivation, waterboarding, humiliation techniques–they’re all there. And so is the
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The deal was that Wyatt Schrepfer had to do the lawn at his parents’ house in Trinidad, Colorado. This kind of yardwork can be hideously boring, so to help pass the time, Wyatt put
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Usually hearing damaged is caused by hard rock and metal bands who insist on turning the amps beyond 11. (KISS and Manowar: I’m looking at you.) But UB40? What? Well, reggae bands do
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Eighteen year-old Thomas Alcock of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire loves music. But out of the 200-ish CDs that he owns, he loves his Adele records the best. He loves listening to songs like
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Back on November 23, 2013, Michael Dunn, 47, stopped for gas at a station in north Florida. Also at the station was an SUV filled with four teenagers. A lot of loud music
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Researchers are concerned that headphones are turning a generation of people prematurely deaf. When you funnel that kind of volume directly into your ears for hours on end, you’re going to do some
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