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Music and the arts fight depression, promote health

December 16, 2009 by

If you paint, dance or play a musical instrument – or just enjoy going to the theater or to concerts -- it’s likely that you feel healthier and are less depressed than people who don’t, a survey of nearly 50,000 individuals of all socio-economic backgrounds from a county in mid-Norway shows.

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