Can singing improve our health?
Could this much-loved musical pastime improve our mental and physical strength?
Singing can lift our spirits, but research suggests it could also benefit our health, improving breathing for people with lung conditions and helping us cope with dementia. Could it even have a preventative effect?
CrowdScience heads to Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK county of Gloucestershire - one of the first places to pioneer this kind of 鈥渟ocial prescribing鈥� - to find out. Presenter Anand Jagatia teams up with panellists Dr Daisy Fancourt, Senior Research Associate in Behavioural Science, Dr Simon Opher, family doctor and Clinical Lead for Social Prescribing, and Maggie Grady, Director of Music Therapy at charity Mindsong to learn more. They鈥檙e joined on-stage by their Breathe In Sing Out and Meaningful Music volunteer singing groups to find out what this much-loved musical pastime can do for us.
Producer: Jen Whyntie
(Photo: Students singing in a choir with their teacher. Credit: Getty Images)
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Why do we sing and how can it help us be healthier?
Duration: 01:30
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- Fri 7 Jun 2019 19:32GMT麻豆社 World Service except South Asia
- Sat 8 Jun 2019 23:32GMT麻豆社 World Service
- Mon 10 Jun 2019 04:32GMT麻豆社 World Service Online, UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet & Europe and the Middle East only
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