Clinical massage can have an immediate effect on patients’ self-reported pain and anxiety scores, while guided imagery recordings can help put patients at ease in the hospital, according to a study in ...

For Richard Forney, Thursdays are like most weekdays but with a generous twist. Those are the days the professional massage therapist lends his hands to Hospice of Green Country, massaging patients ...

Massage therapists like Streim, who specializes in working with people who are dying or have an advanced form of cancer or other illness, are rare. Fewer than 1% of therapists specialize in hospice or ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Gentle massage therapy shows some promise for easing dementia patients' agitation and anxiety, though there have been too few well-conducted studies to recommend the ...