Music For Maternity

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Pain is something some Soldiers at Warrior Transition Battalion know well. Additionally, many are facing separation from the Army, a major life change, and some have mixed feelings about the transition. Specialist Sheng Chen, an infantryman assigned to WTB, was injured during a training accident shortly after he arrived to Fort Campbell in 2013. Read more here…

At her mother’s urging, she had decided to pursue a career in nursing and was required to undergo a full physical examination. The examining doctor told her she had been born without some internal organs. “The examination revealed that I was born without a vagina, that I was born without a reproductive system, without a uterus, with only one kidney and a very small ovary,” she tells Jane Hutcheon on One Plus One. Read more here…

A group of UNO musicians brought the healing powers of music to kids Wednesday. A string quartet played at the Children’s Hospital main lobby during lunch. Children, staff and parents all stopped by to listen. The concert is part of a voluntary service learning program. The goal is to make others realize that differences can be made in ways you’d least expect. Read more here…

NEW DELHI — Be it the legendary Mozart’s soothing symphonies, mesmerizing classical renditions from the doyen of Carnatic music — M.S. Subbulakshmi — or tranquil instrumental tunes, music therapy is increasingly being used for patients suffering from depression, anxiety, autism, chronic pain, Alzheimer’s, coronary artery disease and even cancer in India. Read more here…

We’ve all heard of seeing red, but how about looking purple? Anyone? Toronto punks Dilly Dally join the lineage of fine artists with songs dedicated to the colour (Prince, erm, Gogol Bordello) by releasing Purple Rage. The video for the track, in which a mystical swamp monster covered in purple goop skulks around a city like an alien is, according to the band’s Katie Monks, symbolic of the feeling of dejection and anger. Read more here…

Gospel Music Heritage Month is being celebrated at the Mount Airy United Fellowship Church at 701 W. Johnson St. in Northwest Philadelphia this month. This year’s theme is showing the therapeutic benefits of this musical genre, according to the Rev. Joseph Williams Jr., the pastor and organizer of the “Gospel Sunday” series this year. So, Williams, church members and special guests shared narratives about this topic on Sunday. Read more here…

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Lawren and Collett Thach have been married for 35 years. Collett is now 66 years old and has early onset Alzheimer’s. He began to first show signs of the disease when he was 60. These days, he has few memories and often even fewer words. Until, he puts on his headphones. Read more here…

WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) — Their songs are the soundtrack of the American summer. Some call the Beach Boys the best American rock band ever. But what you might not know is that lead singer and songwriter Brian Wilson struggled with mental illness as he composed dozens of hit songs. Read more here…

BADEN — Romaine Jesky-Smith doesn’t get to share many special moments with her mother, Helen Jesky, anymore. They spend a lot of time together at Villa St. Joseph in Baden, where Helen, a borough resident, moved 2 1/2 years ago. Romaine, a Chippewa Township resident, visits to feed her mother and walk with her. Read more here…

Music plays such a major role in so many daily activities. It serves as a backdrop for work and for play, for dancing, for worship, while we drive to work or the store, and even spending quality time with family and friends. It’s no surprise then that music has the power to bring back memories—both fond and sometimes sad—from days gone by. But for seniors, music can be so much more. Read more here…