More about

Music Therapy

News
March 29, 2022
5 min read
Save

Music therapy helps patients with sickle cell disease cope with pain

Music therapy helps patients with sickle cell disease cope with pain

According to one patient undergoing treatment for sickle cell disease at University Hospitals Connor Whole Health, pain associated with the disease “feels like someone’s constantly stabbing you, but you’re not dying.”

News
February 23, 2022
3 min read
Save

Q&A: Music may be ‘useful, effective and harmless’ pain management strategy

Q&A: Music may be ‘useful, effective and harmless’ pain management strategy

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

News
February 21, 2022
2 min read
Save

Music therapy reduces depression, menopausal symptoms

Music therapy reduces depression, menopausal symptoms

Women who participated in music therapy had lower levels of depression and reduced menopausal symptoms compared with those who did not, according to findings in Menopause.

News
January 26, 2022
3 min read
Save

Music: The universal language

Music: The universal language

As the title of this commentary states, music is considered the universal language. The reason is that it exists in every society, with and without words.

News
October 21, 2021
3 min read
Save

Music therapy, phone call from physician may relieve anxiety in patients undergoing IVF

Music therapy, phone call from physician may relieve anxiety in patients undergoing IVF

As physicians attempt to mitigate anxiety in patients undergoing IVF, new research suggests that music therapy and personalized phone calls may relieve some distress.

News
March 27, 2020
2 min read
Save

Music therapy may improve anxiety, chest pain after MI

Music therapy may improve anxiety, chest pain after MI

Patients with hypertension and early postinfarction angina who underwent daily music therapy combined with the usual care reported less anxiety and chest pain than similar patients who received the usual care alone.

News
October 15, 2019
1 min read
Save

Nonpharmacological dementia interventions may be more effective in reducing aggression, agitation

Nonpharmacological dementia interventions may be more effective in reducing aggression, agitation

Nonpharmacologic interventions, including massage and touch therapy, may be more effective than pharmacologic methods in reducing aggression and agitation in adults with dementia, according to findings published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

View more