Music Therapy

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.

Therapeutic touch and music therapy were associated with improvements in menopause symptoms, a recent study showed.

Among menopausal women, therapeutic touch and music therapy were associated with improved sleep quality, quality of life, and somatic, psychological and urogenital symptoms of menopause after 4 weeks, researchers reported.

A virtual mind-body fitness program reduced unplanned hospitalizations, number of hospitalization days and urgent care visits among patients undergoing active cancer treatment, study results showed.

SEATTLE — Patients who worked with a life care specialist after orthopedic trauma injury may experience improved pain outcomes at 3 months postoperatively, according to results presented here.

Listening to music during chemotherapy infusion appeared to improve mood and reduce distress among a cohort of patients with cancer, according to study results published in JCO Oncology Practice.

Sheri L. Robb, PhD, credits a middle school assignment with leading her to her life’s work.

World Sickle Cell Day is observed each year on June 19.

BOSTON — Music therapy improved depression and anxiety symptoms among patients on dialysis, according to an award-winning poster presented here.