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After 35 years as a music therapist, Anci Sandell can now present research findings showing that the therapy methods she uses, increases quality of life for people who are being treated for severe medical or psychosocial conditions. On February 22, she will defend her doctoral thesis “Musik för kropp och själ – Modell för interaktiv musikterapi” (“Music for Body and Soul – Model for Interactive Music Therapy”) at the Nordic School of Public Health NHV. The defence will be held in Swedish. Read more here…

Emma Donaldson, co-administrative director of the Special Needs Foundation, said: “These sessions are designed to discuss a range of therapies and expertise in the field of special needs. We were delighted to have Cayman Music Therapy discuss how music can help with special needs children.”   Read more here…

Listening to music is a great way to relax and have fun, but what if it could improve your studying habits and make you more productive? Recent research shows music may have the power to do just that. Read more here….

Now a group of Memphis musicians are making sure the hospital receives some good karma for its philanthropy. Through the Musicians for Le Bonheur project, artists are banding together to create a compilation album in which all proceeds benefit the hospital. Read more here…

At the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., it is not uncommon for the crisp, clean, soothing sound of an acoustic guitar to echo down the hallway. Patients, their families, and medical staff members alike light up when musicians come in to sing. Patients’ smiles grow, their eyes widen, and they sometimes dance along to the beat of the songs from their hospital beds. Read more here…

Music not only soothes the soul but it can help provide relief to certain physical and mental symptoms in the body, according to a neurologist. Though music therapy has been a part manlond’s culture since centuries (Hippacrates, the Greek father of medcine is said to have played music to help his patients heal faster), it was after the World Warrs that the Western socieites began hanrnessing the skills of music players as they travelled to hospitals where the wounded and depressed soldiers lay, helping them come out of their emotional trauma. Read more here…. 

The Avera Family Wellness Program and the Sioux Falls School District have teamed up to provide a new way to treat behavioral problems in young children. It starts in the classroom as students as young as three years-old pick up a violin and start music therapy. Read more here...

A Saint Louis University Cancer Center pilot study is investigating whether music affects the health of cancer patients by soothing them and making them less anxious. The study looks at three groups of cancer patients – those who hear live music performed during chemotherapy infusions; those who receive music therapy in their hospital or exam rooms; and those who do not have music as part of their treatment. Read more here… 

A Saint Louis University Cancer Center pilot study
is investigating whether music affects the health of cancer patients by soothing them and making them less anxious.
The study looks at three groups of cancer patients – those who hear live music performed during chemotherapy
infusions; those who receive music therapy in their hospital or exam rooms; and those who do not have music as part of
their treatment. https://www.newswise.com/articles/slu-cancer-center-researches-music-s-role-in-reducing-stress

It has previously been established within the research community that music and song can lead to reduced levels of stress hormones in children and that stroke patients often find it easier to express themselves through song rather than speech, as well as the fact that music with a clear pulse facilitates movement for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Read more here…

In the fast-paced lives that we lead, stress and fatigue are the most common problems that scores of people suffer from. Meditating for a few minutes daily is known to work wonders in bringing a calming and balancing effect in your life. Read more here…