by Maura Boyce
Hospitals can be nerve-racking. These buildings are designed for physical healing, but the equipment sounds aren’t conducive to a person’s emotional healing. The World Health Organization reports hospital noise levels make it difficult to rest, increase patient blood pressure, and interfere with pain management.
It takes more than medicine to treat cancer. That’s why more hospitals are integrating music as a complementary therapy. Interactive music interventions (including music listening) and active music engagement (like singing or selecting songs) not only muffle unpleasant sounds but may also help reduce nausea from chemotherapy and anxiety from radiotherapy. Read More...
The pastor of a small church where two brothers were beaten for hours during a counseling session that she called pleaded guilty on Friday to manslaughter and assault.
Three other church members admitted to less serious charges for their roles in the all-night beatings that killed Lucas Leonard, 19, and injured Christopher Leonard, 17, last October.
Word of Life Christian Church Pastor Tiffanie Irwin, her brother Joseph Irwin and mother and son church members Linda Morey and David Morey were the last of nine people charged to be convicted in the attack. Read More...
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Deciem is standing out from the pack this holiday season, just like the company has done the past four years to great success. The parent company for The Ordinary’s Black Friday 2023 sale is an anti-Black Friday blowout, a boycott of the day when we often spend too much and buy things we don’t need because we’re moving too fast. Read More...