text_1: Sit back and relax to brain wave music
text_2: "The story describes a procedure to turn brain waves into music, which reportedly can help various medical conditions, although the evidence for this is lacking. Importantly, there seems to be little, if any, evidence that this treatment is helpful for the conditions mentioned, e.g. depression, anxiety, pain syndromes. Yet the story treats the ""treatment"" as if it has a proven benefit. It's also unclear what the benefit might be or for how long. Unfortunately, NBC's physician-reporter, who was apparently supposed to objectively comment on this ""therapy,"" only gushes at what the treatment might do, despite a lack of compelling evidence that it does anything. While this provides for good TV banter, it doesn't provide an objective source for the story. Despite all the airtime given this, NBC relied on only one source –  ""a neuropsychiatrist (who) brought brain music therapy to the U.S. from Moscow, and claims it cures all kinds of ills."" The story also doesn't describe any harms from this procedure, its availability, or what other treatment options–proven treatment options–might exist for any of the conditions discussed. It seems to represent this procedure as a ""treatment"" for all psychiatric illness, fatigue, or stress, which is a disservice to the public. In an era in which many are pushing for evidence-based medical reporting, this story goes in the opposite direction."