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After four months at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Ireland Larson’s hospital room has become her own. It’s filled with stuffed animals, board games, handwritten notes, drawings of her favorite Disney princess, Ariel, family photographs and a heart-shaped electric guitar. Read more here…

FARGO — Bethany Retirement Living will launch a new music therapy program by hosting multiple showings of the film “Alive Inside” at both Bethany campusesTuesday. The event will focus attention on the impact that music can have on seniors, especially those with various forms of dementia. All showings are free and open to the public. Read more here…

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) – A La Crosse senior resident center is making a relatively small amount of money go a long way. Hillview Health Care Center is using a less than $1,000 state grant to fund a special kind of music therapy. It’s called Music and Memory. The program uses the power of music to help seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia relax and even tap into old memories. Read more here…

There has been a surge in the practice of using music as a medical treatment during the past 10 years. In fact, Pennsylvania has the highest number of music therapists in the country, at around 400. But there are only eight in West Virginia. A new program at West Virginia University is trying to change that. Read more here…

A VERY special Toowoomba choir gathers each week, bringing together people of all abilities who love to sing. The Rainbow Choir, run by local not-for-profit organisation ASSERT Services, involves 30 members of all ages who live with a disability.  Read more here…

Mackenzie Schneider grew up loving to play music — first the piano, then the violin, as well as singing. When it came time to choose a college and a career, the talented St. Louis area native knew she wanted to pursue music. Red more here…

SAN ANTONIO – After watching the documentary “Alive Inside,” Victoria Reyna, then president of the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity at UTSA, said her members were inspired. “Of course, we were all in tears and just decided we have to do something about this and bring it to our community,” Reyna said. Read more here…

While Lorain attorney Jack Bradley is fighting for clients in the courtroom, his daughter, Jaclyn Bradley Palmer is battling anxiety in the hospital. Palmer, 36, is a music therapist at University Hospitals and her music in breast cancer surgery study was just published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read more here…

Have you ever listened to a song that you haven’t heard in a while, but you can still sing all the words? Do you remember things better by associating them with lyrics? Neurologic Music Therapy grasps these concepts as healing strategies for patients with brain injuries. Read more here…

As I entered the first floor main lobby of the Cape Coral Hospital I could hear the strains of a keyboard rendition of a Broadway musical. Carole Sharo was at the keyboard, which was set up in the hallway adjacent to the chapel, providing the music. Carole plays here on Tuesday afternoons. Read more here…