For almost 20 years I have been reading about, thinking about and finally creating headphones for patients to wear during surgery. The research is there: through the process of rhythmic entrainment, patients who are listening to steady, rhythmic music through headphones, stay relaxed and as a result, require less anesthesia, less anxiety meds before and less pain medication afterwards!

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We’ve all known someone in a coma. The question is always “can they really hear me or hear music playing?” My answer, based on hundreds of anecdotal accounts is a resounding “yes!”

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Dr. Cash has been working with pregnant women, using music, for over 30 years. Her “Lullaby CD” has met with critical acclaim around the world! She is also an authority on Mozart and earned her Ph.D. in musicology.

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Earphones Support Music Therapy, Breast Cancer Research
The fourth Limited Edition design of chicBuds Swarovski Crystal Retractable Earphones was released on July 1, supporting Breast Cancer Research, adding to the three formerly released limited edition designs, including AIDS Awareness supporting Compassion International’s AIDS program, Lover’s Heart Series for Valentine’s Day and 2 More Hours Star Series [...]

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The vibrational properties of different instruments

Music healing is a very unique process for each person. That is why it’s so important for healers to have not only a strong musical training, but also a good foundation in psychological, physiological and emotion healing. Our musical tastes are very personal and are a lifetime in the making. [...]

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Anesthesia-related heart attack?
You’ve probably heard that anesthesia carries risks with it. I think that the average person thinks mainly of

not waking up from surgery
severe nausea
prolonged grogginess
severe constipation
rashes and skin eruptions

and other such things. But did you know that cardiac arrest can also be an unwanted side effect? You may have heard of the rapper [...]

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Benefits of Less Anesthesia
As I talk to people about the benefits of music during surgery, invariably I get the question, “But Alice, why would you want less anesthesia during surgery…I want MORE anesthesia!” OK, I know what you’re thinking: you don’t want to risk feeling any pain or being “accidentally awake” though the doctors [...]

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Why can’t Humans be more like animals?

Click on this link for an amazing video set to some beautiful music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rooyt3ptNco

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Chantdoc preparing to go to Paris
It seems as though it’s been a very long time since I was in Paris for more than just to transfer planes. I spent six weeks there in the summer fo 1987 doing my Ph.D. dissertation research. My dissertation was on “Wanda Landowska and the Revival of the Harpsichord: a [...]

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Muzak misses a note; files for bankruptcy
I think most of us babyoomers know about MUZAK. It is derisively called “elevator music” by many of us as we turn up our noses. Still, there was time when Muzak seemed to be the trend of the future and the belief was that everyone would love having [...]

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People’s Fears of Surgery and Anesthesia

Most people are concerned and somewhat frightened when they learn that they are going to need surgery to correct, repair or heal from a condition. Many people are actually terrified that they will not wake up after general anesthesia. Although the science of anesthesiology has come a long way in [...]

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Chantdoc planning a trip to Paris!

I’m so excited because I am planning to go to Paris in April! My daughter is doing an internship at the American Embassy there and it’s just too good a chance to pass up…even though I went to Italy last Fall and on a cruise in August! For me, travel [...]

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Why Mozart with babies?

This past week I was speaking at a hospital in New York and the subject was “The Importance ofMusic with Pregnancy, Preemies, and Newborns.” The topic arose as to whether playing Mozart was better for unborn children than singing lullabies. My opinion, based on all the research I have read is that [...]

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Music Therapy helps relieve anxiety of cancer
Music “has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,” wrote playwright William Congreve, “To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.” But can it soothe those mired in the grief, confusion and pain of cancer diagnosis and treatment?
Music therapist Megan Gunnell at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center thinks [...]

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