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"Music and Mind" by Renée Fleming
PBS Books Programming 2024 Episode 16 | 28m 28s
A compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions, including providing pain relief, alleviating anxiety and depression, regaining speech after stroke or traumatic brain injury, and improving mobility for people with disorders that include Parkinson’s disease and MS.
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