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In an attempt to improve air quality and battle the smog that often engulfs its many cities, China has deployed drones to spy on environment polluters who otherwise attempt to conceal their illegal activities. Read more here…

When Mohammed Al Awadi picked up his guitar in Al Ain’s Tawam Hospital on Tuesday last week and began playing some of his original compositions, he didn’t exactly feel comfortable. “It’s a strange place to play music, in a hospital. I didn’t know how the audience would react,” said the 21-year-old Emirati, who is studying chemical engineering at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi. Read more here…

“Music Therapy can make a difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and interaction, between chronic pain and comfort – between demoralization and dignity.” MICHIGAN CITY — We all love music; it conjures up a variety of emotions in our lives. However, did you know that Music Therapy (MT) is an established profession in health care that is a fun and exciting field?. Read more here…

Residents at BeeHive Homes assisted living in Logan look forward to Tuesday afternoons and music time. To them, it is a much anticipated hour of games and entertainment provided by two Utah State University students, Kramer Dahl and Kelsey Owen. The program is more than just for the residents’ enjoyment — it is a music therapy program, designed to help them maintain their memories and increase their social interactions. Read more here…

For current and former members of the military who experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), one of the central difficulties of the disorder is the ability to manage, or down-regulate, their negative emotions. Among other symptoms, people with PTSD are prone to being triggered by stimuli in their environments that remind them of past traumatic events, resulting in escalating negative emotional responses. Read more here…

TEMPLE (March 25, 2015) The Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Medical Center is helping some vets cope with their post traumatic stress disorder through music. Bridgett Holmes, Creative Arts Therapist in Music, says music plays an important role in the healing process. “My gift is music and I willingly, freely give that gift to the veterans because they’re searching. They need something and music is a lot of times what they need to help them improve and it’s just a small part of what I can do to help,” she says. Read more here…

‘Well, sure, maybe just a few minutes of music.” This is the typical response I hear from patients when I offer them a music therapy session. Usually their initial hesitation leads to a visit lasting up to an hour, which may be followed by many more sessions. Read more here…

Kevin Carmichael says he believes in the healing power of music. Now, he and his guitar are on a mission to use that power to create smiles where there weren’t any before. Read more here…

Belly laughs and rousing songs open a weekly choral gathering at the Struthers Parkinson’s Center in Golden Valley. All have Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative condition that attacks the nervous system. There is no cure. Read more here…

You may keep your Taylor Swift obsession hidden from your co-workers, but not from science. A new research initiative called the Sync Project aims to track how the brain and body respond to music through an app that collects biological data while your favorite jams stream on loop. So when a person plugs in their headphones and heads to work. Read more here…