Music

A survey of musicians with breast cancer revealed more than one-quarter experienced difficulties with their musical endeavors during or after cancer treatment.

Since its launch in 2020, the Lighthouse Guild’s podcast “On Tech and Vision with Dr. Cal Roberts” has highlighted ways in which technology can improve the lives of people who are blind or have low vision.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Music can improve the experience of surgeons, especially residents, in the operating room, according to a study presented at Kiawah Eye.

When Mihail Zilbermint, MD, MBA, was accepted to music school to become a classical singer, his mentor asked him if he was possibly interested in any other career.

Patients using hemodialysis reported less pain when listening to music during the cannulation procedure, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Growing evidence suggests that music therapy can be an effective method for relieving pain, according to researchers.

Twenty minutes of music, administered via a web-based application to patients before cataract surgery, significantly decreased hypertension episodes, heart rate, anxiety levels and need for sedative drugs, according to a study.

A few months ago, I was having lunch at Sparrow Hospital when I heard someone playing the grand piano that sits in the hallway outside the cafeteria, on the way to the emergency room.

Choir singing improves verbal flexibility, a domain of executive function and cognition, in older adults, according to research published in PLOS ONE.

Playing recordings of soft music or soothing words through earphones when patients are under general anesthesia could help them reduce the need for opioids after surgery, according to a study published in BMJ.