Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening
Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele.
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How sound—but not touch—shapes rhythm in the brain
How do people keep the beat to music? When people listen to songs, slow waves of activity in the brain correspond to the perceived beat so that they can tap their feet, nod their heads, or dance along.
Oct 13, 2025
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Study tests the effect of slow-tempo relaxing music to address delirium in critically ill older adults
A multi-center randomized controlled trial with critically ill adults aged 50 years and older admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) found that twice-daily slow-tempo music (60 to 80 beats per minute) did not shorten the ...
Oct 13, 2025
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Active music therapy interventions may be more beneficial for pain than listening alone
A new study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health found that music therapy interventions involving singing, active instrument play, and relaxation/imagery may be more effective for reducing pain intensity than receptive ...
Sep 25, 2025
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Hitting the right note: The healing power of music therapy in the cardiac ICU
Music therapy could significantly reduce heart rate, blood pressure and patient–ventilator asynchronies for patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), according to research being presented at ACC Latin America ...
Sep 18, 2025
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The missing ingredient in the adult patient experience? Joy
In pediatric hospitals, emotional comfort is treated as essential to healing. Children are offered music therapy, pet visits, interactive programming, and calming environments—not as extras, but as part of their care. In ...
Sep 15, 2025
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Music therapy can ease back pain for ED visitors
Playwright William Congreve wrote in the Restoration period that music "hath charms to soothe a savage breast." And, as it turns out, back pain in 21st-century patients as well.
Sep 4, 2025
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Predictable structures in music synchronize blood pressure the most, study finds
A new study has found that blood pressure synchronizes to predictable phrase structures in music. Blood pressure was more affected by loudness than tempo and was more strongly influenced by phrase structures that were more ...
Aug 28, 2025
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People strongly moved by music are likely to be open, compassionate and sensitive, researcher finds
Many people have experienced music arousing emotions. However, music sensibility varies considerably; some people experience intense emotions, while others barely notice it.
Aug 22, 2025
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Music therapy may ease distress for dementia patients in hospital wards
A new treatment that uses music therapy on dementia wards could improve care and support for some of the NHS's most vulnerable patients.
Jul 16, 2025
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