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MUSIC THERAPIST CAROL Wiedemann spends much of her time at the B.C. Children’s Hospital working with patients in the intensive-care unit and the burn program. Sometimes, she’ll have a young patient play the xylophone to keep them calm during an I.V. insertion. For one four-year-old boy, handing him a drum while she played guitar helped to coax him out of his stroller and overcome his fear. Read more here…

Singing familiar songs may encourage conversation among people with Alzheimer’s disease, a small study shows. Six people with middle- to late-stage Alzheimer’s participated in group music therapy sessions twice a week for one month. The participants were between the ages of 65 and 83. Four were born in Israel; two immigrated to Israel in their early teens. Read more here…

Music therapists have long said that music therapy could be used to help people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia reconnect with their memories and become more social. Recently, a number of studies have been conducted that strengthen the therapy’s potential as an Alzheimer’s care technique. In a small new study published in the Journal of Music Therapy, researchers showed that music could encourage seniors with dementia to be more communicative and engage with the songs they were hearing. Read more here…

Hundreds of people will gather to hear Sheffield soprano Deboroah Norman sing in aid of Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity. Catherine Scott meets her. Read more here…

Music can make you happy, help mend a broken heart or even make you want to dance. But a Pasadena woman uses music for another purpose — to help children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Read more here…

PEORIA — Of all the careers Katie Fitch could have chosen, the 24-year-old Peorian was drawn to music therapy. Fitch used her voice, her guitar, some space and some serious education to start introducing music therapy to the Peoria area. Using an empty office in her mother’s church — First Christian Church of Peoria — as a base of operations, Fitch has given musical therapy sessions to about 30 Peoria area people. Read more here…

For several centuries, music and therapy have been closely linked in human history. In earlier times, music’s supernatural powers were attributed to the warding off of evil spirits, absolving of sins and the placating of the gods. By 1789, the first article on Music Therapy appeared and since then, music progressively gained recognition for its therapeutic value. Today, Music Therapy is known for a range of observable health benefits, including but not limited to developing communication skills, helping decrease pain and anxiety, and reducing of stress. Moreover, Music Therapy encourages creativity and happiness. Read more here…

REGINA — Art Desnomie isn’t physically able to play a banjo. But that didn’t stop him from plucking a tune on Friday afternoon. Thanks to an iPad app, Desnomie collaborated with five fellow residents of Wascana Rehabilitation Centre during the windup of a 12-week program called Improvising With iPads. Read more here…

Elizabeth Feytser’s tiny pink toes tap ever so slightly to the tune of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” playing at her cribside in the Sutter Children’s Center ICU. The soothing timbre of music therapist Kathleen Humphries’ voice rolls over the hum of heart monitors and oxygen pulsers as the 6-month-old’s lips curve into a curious smile. Read more here…

Whether you prefer jamming out to rock and roll, grooving to jazz or relaxing to classical, music can often be just what you need to brighten up your day. But listen to this: While your favorite music provides a shot of acoustic pleasure, it also has a very real impact on your everyday health and fitness. Read more here…