Have you ever had a child in the hospital? That alone is a painful and frightening experience for parent and child, but imagine if your child has to have surgery, and after surgery, is in pain. As a mother of three and grandmother of four, I can’t imagine anything more frustrating for a parent. No […]
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Healing Music or Music Healing?
By Dr. Alice Cash on August 2, 2013 in Classical Music, Don Campbell, Music and Cancer, Music and Cardiovascular Health, Music and Emotion, Music Healing
Music is healing! To the mind, the body and the spirit. Almost everyone on the planet has some sort of music that they really, really love and choose to listen to! But is it the music itself that heals and soothes, or is it about the person performing it, or is it the method of […]
Healing Music and the Cancer Patient
I’ve worked with lots of different types of patients over the past 23 years, but today I had one of the most touching experiences that I’ve had in a long time. One of my current patients is experiencing cancer that began 10 years ago as ovarian cancer. At that time she had chemo and radiation […]
Using Music with Lumpectomy Surgery
Are you having a lumpectomy? Or breast surgery of any kind? Surgery is a frightening experience and especially when the end result is so unknown! A mass in the breast might be one thing and it might be something very different. Anxiety tends to run sky-high and yet you know that you don’t want to […]
Anxiety in Cancer Patients: Here's an easy intervention!
(Health.com) — Singing, playing an instrument or even just listening to music may lessen anxiety in cancer patients and improve their overall quality of life, according to a new analysis of previously published research. Music-based therapies appear to also have beneficial effects on pain levels, mood, and certain vital signs (such as blood pressure), the […]