• Harmonica Heals and Helps Patients Breathe Better

    By

    Dana Sparks

 

After surviving two separate lung transplant procedures in 2005 and 2008, musician Larry Rawdon is sharing new ways of healing through music with other patients at Mayo Clinic in Florida. It was, after all, music that led him to Mayo Clinic and aided in his recovery after he was diagnosed in 2002 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.  Read more in Sharing Mayo Clinic.

Journalists: B-roll and sound bites with Larry Rawdon are available in the downloads. High resolution photos are available by clicking on its thumbnail below.

a harmonica lies on a tablemusician Larry Rawdonmusician Larry Rawdon on right with a student in his harmonica class

musician Larry Rawdon on right with a student in his harmonica class

musician Larry Rawdon on right with a student in his harmonica class

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