It seems that music has extraordinary magical powers. Famed for being able to set a romantic mood and keep you exercising for longer, music has a multifaceted role in your body. Your search for the panacea of your ills may lie in your iPod.

Fundamentally, music is composed of sound waves and frequencies. Modern medicine uses these sound waves to see inside a patient’s body. But now, science is discovering that sound waves are not only useful for …