CHICAGO (CBS) — Studies have shown that music could greatly impact our mood and health. For a local choir, it serves up healing powers for those coping with early-stage dementia. The Good Memories ...

A partnership program between the UNO School of Music and the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences is studying how music can help Alzheimer's and dementia patients.

The performers enter Sundin Music Hall arm in arm, lavender scarves draped around their pressed white shirts. It’s nearly showtime, but the eager singers—a constellation of community members, some ...

Research shows that when we listen to music, it's like a neurological CrossFit session for our brains, engaging multiple areas simultaneously. For people with dementia, this mental workout can be ...

A 91-year-old man battling vocal cord atrophy regained his voice and was able to sing for his wife, who has dementia, on their 66th wedding anniversary, thanks to help from Memorial Hospital Houston.

Researchers are looking into why patients can still have a powerful response to music even as their memory fades.

CAMBRIDGE, England — What happens in the brain when music meets memory? For people with advanced dementia, who often experience significant distress, this question could hold the key to better ...

Margaret Mackie is not your average pop star — she did it her way. Mackie has dementia and lives in a senior care facility, but last month, she released her first single, a cover of Frank Sinatra's ...

Sometimes the biggest hits of an artist's careers are the songs that help their fans the most. Dementia is a truly horrible disease, and the Aldean family is pulling back the curtain on their lives to ...

An Army veteran with vocal cord atrophy underwent two years of therapy to sing to his wife on their 66th anniversary Jerome, a 91-year-old Army veteran, has been struggling with vocal cord atrophy, an ...

Millions of people have been moved by a woman serenading a cancer patient on her final journey home in an ambulance. Yvon Kanters, from the Netherlands, studied to be a social worker, and in 2020 ...