Enter Luna, Monk, Pumpkin, and Ali — therapy and facility dogs who became Carli’s companions, comforters, and cheerleaders during her recovery. Whether lying beside her during painful moments or ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The third floor of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital is filled with Disney songs like “Let It Go” and “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” every Thursday afternoon: 7-year-old Bella ...

While music can provide powerful emotional benefits and stress relief, it’s not a direct replacement for professional therapy. However, music does offer significant psychological and physiological ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – World-famous opera singer Renee Fleming from Rochester is working with the National Institutes of Health to see what music does to her brain. Fleming sang in an MRI machine, and the ...

Based in Tampa, Florida, Virginia Pelley is a former women's magazine editor who has written health and fitness content for Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, the Chicago Tribune, ...

There's a certain feeling when your favorite song comes on in the car or while out at a bar. It lifts your spirits and energizes you. Music, of course, has an ability to tap into our emotions. Through ...

For two days in late September 2022, a steady rhythm built in Steinmetz Hall in the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida. Some participants on the stage shook cabasas.

Many people with migraine experience sound sensitivity during or before an episode. Most people, in these cases, find that avoiding noise can help ease migraine pain. Still, this may not occur for ...

Access to music therapy is a major issue, particularly for those on Arizona's Medicaid program. Arizona's Medicaid may cover music therapy in some cases, but reimbursement rates can be low.

Rebecca Atkinson is a board member of Chiltern Music Therapy, and has received funding from The Musicians Company to carry out research activities for children with Batten disease. When we hear the ...

Professor of Cognitive-Neuroscience , Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle When I hear Shania Twain’s You’re Still The One, it takes me back to when I was 15, playing on my ...

Discover how music therapy redefines dementia care by unlocking emotions, reducing distress, and building meaningful connections in institutional settings. Analysis: How and why music therapy reduces ...