Music For Maternity

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Advances in technology let doctors do amazing things to help their patients recover from injuries and illnesses. But more and more, they are finding that a simple tune can have a powerful impact on a person’s health.  Read more here…

“Music therapy is the described as the clinical and evidence-based use of music to address the needs of patients and families,” said Sharon Meister, director of Mercy Home Care and Hospice. Read more here…

Patients respond to personalized playlists. He’s apparently right as some area nursing homes and rehab centers are finding out by harnessing the power of music to help residents experiencing dementia and other mental and physical issues. Read more here…

Music therapy, for example, can be used to manage stress, alleviate pain, express feelings, enhance memory, improve communication and help with physical rehabilitation, according to the American Music Therapy Association. Read more here…

People with COPD have damaged lungs, which limits how much air they can breathe in and out. “Some people start to breathe very rapidly, which aggravates the problem,” Hopkinson said. “They take many rapid, shallow breaths and that makes it even harder for them,” he said. Read more here…

Music thanatology, a branch of palliative care, is relatively unknown in Australia, but Michal had seen an episode of ABC show Australian Story, which featured the country’s sole practitioner Peter Roberts, and knew, with the utmost certainty, that it was something she wanted to pursue. Read more here…

The results showed that those who listened to music during treatment had lower anxiety levels than those who underwent normal care. The participants who used noise-canceling headphones also had lower anxiety levels, however those who listened to music in their headphones required sedatives less frequently than those who just used headphones with no music playing.  Read more here…

Music therapy is on the cutting edge of health care as it pertains to dementia, stroke, brain injuries, and the associated conditions of anxiety and depression. The reason for its effectiveness is that music taps into people’s memories where the two are often associated. Read more here…

The instrument has gyroscopes and accelerometers to capture three dimensional motions. It is usually used as a digital accordion but the researchers have said that it can be used as a therapy.  Read more here…

”Children should listen to soft and slow or simple songs or familiar nursery rhyme songs and not the harsh or wild songs as some studies showed it can also affects their attention span, and would ‘make their more hyper and irritable and agitated”, Eusebio added. Read more here…