{"podcast":{"title":"Saving Lives In Slow Motion","slug":"saving-lives-in-slow-motion-4449011","podcast_index_feed_id":4449011,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/60b20104ffcfab00117e6199","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/savinglivesinslowmotion","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60b20104ffcfab00117e6199/1766237803975-84494e3b-87e7-4ff6-8c13-70d7456030e7.jpeg","author":"Dr Ayan Panja","episode_count":232,"summary":"Dr Ayan Panja puts health into context. A lifestyle medicine expert, author and family physician with over 25 years of experience, his unique blend of candour, perspective and knowledge make for a mind-expanding essential weekly bite-sized listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T04:17:31.622986+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/saving-lives-in-slow-motion-4449011"},"episode":{"title":"The Arts as Medicine: the healing powers of music, dance and drama","slug":"the-arts-as-medicine-the-healing-powers-of-music-dance-and-drama","published_at":"2026-07-30T15:23:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/saving-lives-in-slow-motion-4449011/the-arts-as-medicine-the-healing-powers-of-music-dance-and-drama","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/saving-lives-in-slow-motion-4449011","url":"https://shows.acast.com/savinglivesinslowmotion/episodes/the-arts-as-medicine-the-healing-powers-of-music-dance-and-d","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/60b20104ffcfab00117e6199/e/6a69e77d33878d3ae1819a4c/media.mp3","summary":"I am a huge lover of the arts and feel they are not valued enough when it comes to their health benefits. In this episode I look at some benefits to our health and why it is important to support the arts in general. Links: Singing:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/saving-lives-in-slow-motion/id1573742958?i=1000570759791 Dance for Parkinsons Disease:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-21767149 Study on Dance and Parkinsons:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33038925/ Music for Dementia:  https://www.musicfordementia.org.uk/ Melodic Intonation Therapy:  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2780359/ Music and depression:  https://www.cochrane.org/evidence/CD004517_music-therapy-depression?utm_source=chatgpt.com Social connections:  https://www.who.int/news/item/30-06-2025-social-connection-linked-to-improved-heath-and-reduced-risk-of-early-death Campaign for the arts:  https://www.campaignforthearts.org/ More from me:  https://drayan.co.uk/ Save your life in slow motion and those of others by subscribing now and sharing. Thank you for listening and for your support. It means a lot to me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"I am a huge lover of the arts and feel they are not valued enough when it comes to their health benefits. In this episode I look at some benefits to our h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":892,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/saving-lives-in-slow-motion-4449011/episodes/the-arts-as-medicine-the-healing-powers-of-music-dance-and-drama/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/saving-lives-in-slow-motion-4449011/the-arts-as-medicine-the-healing-powers-of-music-dance-and-drama.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}