Health Jun 29 How singing could help people with long COVID breathe easier By Lydia Zuraw, Kaiser Health News
Health Jan 05 Watch 6:30 Music helps people in nursing home once considered unreachable A California nursing home is using music therapy with residents suffering from dementia. In collaboration with inewsource news service in San Diego, Joanne Faryon reports on how music is reaching those once considered unreachable. By PBS News Hour
Health May 31 How music therapy helped my premature baby On the second day of my son's life, born 11 weeks early, a woman approached me in the NICU with a guitar and other instruments. As a music therapist, she said she had scientifically proven ways of alleviating the stress… By Terry Rubin
Arts Jan 12 This Seattle choir aims to help members recover from trauma The choir group is supported by Path with Art, a Seattle-based nonprofit with a mission to connect people recovering from homelessness, addiction and other trauma to arts programming. By Aileen Imperial, KCTS
Arts Mar 24 When music is medicine for kids coping with cancer Amongst the smells of medicine and sounds of hospital equipment, four year old Allistaire escapes to a sense of normalcy, playing with instruments and enjoying music just as she does at home. By Laila Kazmi, KCTS
Mar 24 Watch 4:06 When music is medicine for kids coping with cancer By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch 7:56 When memory misses a beat, music can offer dementia patients new meaning By PBS News Hour Special correspondent Judy Muller reports on a band of musicians who also have Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and dementia. They use music to stay active, socially connected and to find new purpose. Continue watching
Aug 13 Why are so many lullabies also murder ballads? By Jenny Marder Judging by lyrics alone, the lionshare of lullabies are not sweet and soothing; they are dark and creepy and macabre. So why are so many lullabies murder ballads? And as it relates to their primary function -- to lull the… Continue reading