WNKY News 40 Health Report: Using Music to Treat Cancer - WNKY News 40 Television

WNKY News 40 Health Report: Using Music to Treat Cancer - WNKY News 40 Television

GLASGOW, Ky. – When you think of cancer care, you probably think of IVs and chemotherapy. But, there’s another part to the care…music. Music therapy to be exact. Music therapy has existed since before the 1940s, when music therapy teaching programs were established. Emily McDuffee, a board-certified music therapist at T.J. Regional Health, says music therapy helps patients control pain, anxiety and depression, all of which can be associated with…