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Music medicine and music therapy may sound the same but can turn out to be as different as chalk and cheese. While music medicine involves the use of recorded music by medical professionals to achieve the targeted biological outcomes, music therapy is both regulatory and relational approach which brings to the bedside an interpersonal bonding between the therapist and the patient. Read more here…

It has been used to reduce crying spells of children when they have been administered an injection. Transgenders turn to it as an anger management tool and ICU patients find it reassuring if they get a little bit of it by their bedside.
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The title says it all. Brazilian jazz scholar Jefferson Mello’s feature-length documentary does more than play tribute to these uniquely seductive, largely improvisational musical genres with African roots. Toggling between Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans, two of the world’s most high-profile cities where samba and jazz, respectively, are passionately embraced, Mello underscores their historical significance. Read more here…

MASON CITY | Being multiple generations apart didn’t stop six youngsters from Tugs Daycare & Preschool and around two dozen residents at the Heritage Care & Rehabilitation Center from having a good time Monday afternoon.
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PULLMAN, WA – Music is a part of our everyday lives, and it’s starting to make more of an impact on the medical industry. I’m at the Pullman Regional Hospital where today (Friday) they shared about their new program, ‘Music and Memory.’ Read more here…

MASON CITY, Iowa – We celebrated the Grammy awards on KIMT Sunday night, so music is on everyone’s mind, but what if music could also be used as a tool for therapy. That’s exactly what happening at the Heritage Care and Rehabilitation Center in Mason City. The senior center has developed a program called Intergenerational Music Therapy, and the idea is to bring two generations together, young and old, for some simple interaction that not only lifts the spirits, but works the mind.
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Michelle Westfall, MS, MT-BC, the first music therapist ever hired by Sunbelt Staffing, is scheduled to deliver a speaker session at the 2015 Online Conference for Music Therapy (OCMT). Westfall will be discussing music therapy for individuals with dementia to a global audience of music therapy professionals. Read more here…

LAKE CHARLES, La. – (KPLC) Almost a year ago Cathy Flowers of Lake Charles, Louisiana was told she would never be able to move or speak again. Flowers suffered a stroke last May and was unable to open her mouth on her own.
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Stephanie Bettman and Luke Halpin are partners on stage and off. On stage, they play Americana music under the name Bettman & Halpin. The couple’s off-stage life includes volunteering at a center in Denver that cares for children in crisis. Read more here…

LAKE CHARLES, La. – (KPLC) Almost a year ago Cathy Flowers of Lake Charles, Louisiana was told she would never be able to move or speak again. Flowers suffered a stroke last May and was unable to open her mouth on her own. “They had no clue,” said her husband Billy. “They had no clue how strong she is. She’s way stronger than I could ever be.” Read more here…