HYDERABAD, INDIA — An enriched intervention approach using music therapy encompassing movement, cognitive focus, psychological well-being, and social interaction benefits stroke patients in the long ...

Ray Hart, a 62-year-old stroke survivor, works on singing songs to help recall words and language during a music therapy session at Sentara Fort Norfolk Plaza in Norfolk on May 16, 2024. Kendall ...

Stroke patients at a Wakefield hospital are being encouraged to dance at weekly ward discos. Pinderfields Hospital introduced Disco in the Bay to support physical rehabilitation and encourage patients ...

Ray Hart’s vocabulary consisted of just one word after his August 2022 stroke. “Yep” was all he could say, said Pamela Jenkins, his caregiver and partner of 24 years. Like many survivors, Hart, 62, ...

Music can help ease pain, rewire the brain and soothe the spirit — -- Even though patient Garrett Lambert is in an isolation room at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, ...

In the 1980s and ’90s, Ron Spitzer played bass and drums in rock bands — Tot Rocket and the Twins, Western Eyes and Band of Susans. He sang and wrote songs, toured the country and recorded albums.

Alianora Reilly works at Tufts Medical Center, but her tool is no stethoscope or thermometer — instead, she wields a guitar. Music therapy is the practice of using musical interventions to manage ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Because opioid pain medications carry risks of addiction and other side effects, many hospitals are adopting non-drug treatments like music therapy to improve pain management. A new ...

The full study is published in Advances in Integrative Medicine (AIMED), Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2023, Pages 29–33, ...