Music Therapy May Help Teens With Cancer Cope
Writing lyrics, making videos helped them get through grueling treatment, connect with others, study found (Source: Cancercompass News: Other Cancer)
Source: Cancercompass News: Other Cancer - January 28, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Robo-Tar - Play the Guitar with One Hand
Music therapy has been around for many years and is recognized as a tool for helping people with emotional and behavioral issues such as depression or ADHD. While the usual instruments used include the drums, cymbals and other instruments that do not require too much instruction, the guitar is also being used as an option. Learning to play guitar requires some finger dexterity and this comes with limitations as to who may learn to play guitar – Robo-Tar has taken this obstacle out of the equation. Allowing people with disabilities to handle a guitar is a start towards giving them new hope and opportunities. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - January 27, 2014 Category: Disability Tags: Product Investors Source Type: news
Music Therapy May Help Teens With Cancer Cope
Writing lyrics, making videos helped them get through grueling treatment, connect with others, study found (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - January 27, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Family Medicine, Nursing, Oncology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Research, News, Source Type: news
Music therapy's positive effects on young cancer patients' coping skills, social integration
(Wiley) A new study has found that adolescents and young adults undergoing cancer treatment gain coping skills and resilience-related outcomes when they participate in a therapeutic music process that includes writing song lyrics and producing videos. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings indicate that such music therapy interventions can provide essential psychosocial support to help young patients positively adjust to cancer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 27, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Music to your ears? How to prevent heart failure
A Cochrane Collaboration review suggests that music might benefit heart patients. To entrepreneurial scientists this sounds like an unrivalled opportunityJust before Christmas I told you about the discovery that the brain shrinks during sleep, allowing it to get rid of all those nasty toxins it accumulates during the day, including beta amyloid. I described a potential medical application of this knowledge, the so-called BraneDrane™, under development by the labs of Black Knight Industries®.I can now talk about our experiences with the 'BraneDrane' prototype. After the device was fitted all subjects underwent enf...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 16, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Richard P Grant Tags: theguardian.com Blogposts Science Source Type: news
Dietary Supplements and Cognitive Function, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease
Concerns about forgetfulness and whether it is the first sign of Alzheimer’s disease are common, particularly among older patients. Your patients may also ask questions about use of dietary supplements, which are often marketed with claims that they enhance memory or improve brain function and health.
This issue of the digest summarizes current information on “what the science says” about several dietary supplements that have been studied for cognitive function, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease. Research on several other dietary supplements to determine whether they have any effect on the progression of cognitive...
Source: NCCAM Featured Content - December 10, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: NCCAM Source Type: news
Heart disease has a substantial psychological component
MADRID, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Greek researchers say cardiovascular disease has a substantial psychological component and psychological interventions such as music therapy halve deaths. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Therapists sing a new tune
Music therapy is a profession that's slowly growing, and can help people at any age. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fighting fear with tunes
Music therapy is a profession that's slowly growing, and can help people at any age. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When patients have 'music emergencies'
Music therapy formally began in the 20th century, after musicians went to play for World War I and World War II veterans at hospitals across the United States. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - August 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Therapists singing a new tune
From autism to Alzheimer's disease, music therapy is a growing profession that's being used to help patients of all ages. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fight fear with tunes
Music therapy is a profession that's slowly growing, and can help people at any age. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When music is medicine
From autism to Alzheimer's disease, music therapy is a growing profession that's being to used to help patients of all ages. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Music's healing properties
Music therapy is a profession that's slowly growing, and can help people at any age. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Music's healing potential
Music therapy is a profession that's slowly growing, and can help people at any age. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - August 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
