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Mike Haines (69), a resident of Canmore Lodge Care Home on Robertson Road, is living with cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a disease of small blood vessels in the brain that can cause speech difficulties, confusion, brain haemorrhage and stroke. Read more here…

Until now, becoming a music therapist in California has meant competing for limited seats each year in music therapy programs at University of the Pacific’s Stockton campus or Cal State Northridge, the only two institutions statewide that have been accredited by the American Music Therapy Association. Read more here…

A singer in Saskatoon has released a CD she hopes will help people nearing the end of their lives. Ruth Eliason, a music therapist in the palliative care unit at St. Paul’s Hospital, said she has seen the difference music has made. “For patients and family members, their time in hospital can be really intense. Music can help to alleviate some of the difficult parts of their experience whether it be pain or anxiety and music is also used to draw people together,” Eliason said. Read more here…

Music therapy is a practical intervention which involves children writing songs or composing music to express their feelings. Music therapy can significantly reduce depression in children, it has been claimed. The social skills and self esteem of young people suffering emotional, behavioural and developmental problems was dramatically improved when their medical treatment was enhanced by music therapy, according to new research. Read more here…

Growing up can be tough for some kids but findings of a new research suggest that parents whose children suffer from depression and behavioral problems can turn to music therapy as this may help troubled kids and teens. Read more here…

Largest ever study of its kind, the researchers in partnership with the Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust, found that children who received music therapy had significantly improved self-esteem and significantly reduced depression compared with those who received treatment without music therapy.  Read more here…

Evidence has shown that music therapy can address people’s physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs by either creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to music. A recent study conducted at Queen’s University Belfast has revealed that music therapy can effectively treat depression in children and adolescents dealing with emotional, developmental, and behavioral problems. Read more here…

In the largest ever study of its kind, the researchers in partnership with the Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust, found that children who received music therapy had significantly improved self-esteem and significantly reduced depression compared with those who received treatment without music therapy. Read more here…

Student, practitioner and teacher of Kundalini Yoga, Simrit Kaur will bring her healing music to Grass Valley during a CD release concert presented by The Center for the Arts Discovery Series 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22 at The Center for the Arts, 314 W Main St., Grass Valley. Read more here…

When Shane went home that night she sat down at her own piano and worked on the song. She returned several times over the next few days to Chamberlain’s house and the two would continue to write. Read more here…