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Archive for November 7, 2025
DailyGood: News That Inspires – Nov 07, 2025
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| “Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears – it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. …it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life.”
— Oliver Sacks |
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Doctors in Montreal Can Now Prescribe Their Patients Tickets to the Orchestra
A new program in Canada called social prescribing allows doctors to prescribe free tickets to the symphony. They may also prescribe other things “that are normally outside the scope of medicine, but can have tremendous impact on people’s health and well-being — like art, nature or community activities.” Many studies provide evidence-based data that show music releases endorphins, triggers dopamine, and lowers levels of cortisol reducing stress and anxiety, providing pain relief, and improving cognitive function. As opposed to just being told, people may be more likely to listen to physicians about the benefits and follow through. First, physicians must listen to the patient to prescribe what makes sense for them. “You want a space where you do feel like you matter and people have time for you and really listen.”
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Be The Change
Give yourself a social prescription to enjoy a concert or other artistic venue. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 