Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, ...

November is Alzheimer's awareness month; therefore, I decided to write something optimistic and uplifting about dealing with this grim illness. It needs to be mentioned that Alzheimer's is the most ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) – A Virginia Tech expert is exploring a musical approach to helping geriatric patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Joanna Culligan is an advanced instructor of human development ...

For older adults who need a mood boost and some good feelings, music therapy has been shown to help relieve pain and stress, ...

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Looking for a non-addictive, painless and less expensive alternative to drugs or invasive medical procedures? Music just might be the answer. Healthcare organizations are finding value in music to ...

Country music legend Glen Campbell spent the last years of his life at a world-renowned memory care center in Nashville, often strumming his red Ovation guitar from a sunlit corner of a community room ...

VIENNA, Va. (7News) — Once a week at Sunrise Senior Living in Vienna, elderly residents board a bus for a cruise around the streets of their neighborhood, listening to music from their youth. Science ...

Cleveland research shows singing and playing instruments provides better pain relief than passive listening, offering ...