The Healing Power of Music

An unconventional approach to recovery and coping, music therapy is a field of medicine capturing new attention due to its role in helping Gabrielle Giffords recover from a gunshot. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the versatility of…

Songs for healing. Can music be the cure?

Gabbie, a four-year-old with leukemia and Down syndrome, participates in music therapy while receiving chemotherapy treatments at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. The music accompanying the chemo makes the sessions less stressful,…

March is Music Therapy Month

March is Music Therapy Month The Wisconsin Chapter for Music Therapy is pleased to announce that Governor Scott Walker has proclaimed March 2012 as “Music Therapy Month” in Wisconsin. Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use…