The Ocshner Multiple Sclerosis Choir is preparing for its first performance. It's is a community-focused initiative designed to bring together individuals with multiple sclerosis to create a sense of ...

Scientists are learning how music can do more than lift our mood, from easing anxiety to helping experimental drugs reach the ...

Carly Flaagan said she jumped at the opportunity to become the music therapy program's director, coming back to Grand Forks from Colorado. Carly Flaagan, director of the music therapy program at the ...

Music therapy could significantly reduce heart rate, blood pressure and patient–ventilator asynchronies for patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), according to research being ...

Aultman Hospital is among the medical facilities in the region using music therapy to help cancer and hospice patients. Isabel Soehnlen, Aultman's music therapist, helps reduce anxiety for patients ...

(WSVN) - Line dancing can involve more than just having fun on the dance floor. One man is turning it into therapy. 7’s Heather Walker shows us how in this 7Spotlight. Darryl Thomas, line dance ...

Tango, a rhythmic partner dance that enhances balance and coordination, can help ease the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Choral singing, which combines vocal training and social interaction, may ...

Music can be a powerful tool to help process complex emotions. But music therapy — using music in a clinical setting to help with mental and physical health issues — goes far beyond just listening to ...

A groundbreaking pilot in NHS dementia wards is using live music therapy—called MELODIC—to ease patient distress without relying on drugs. Developed by researchers and clinicians with input from ...

In the summer of 2024, Lacy Beane woke up in the ICU at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The 32-year-old had been in a coma for weeks, slowly recovering after a severe case of sepsis had led to multisystem ...

MSK patient Cynthia Malaran — aka DJ CherishTheLuv — performs at South Street Seaport, in New York City. She participated in a clinical trial that studied the benefits of music therapy for ...