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Listening to music may be beneficial to people who suffer from epilepsy, a new study suggests. The study, which was presented last Sunday at the American Psychological Association by Ohio State University researchers, described people who have epilepsy — compared to people who don’t — displayed different brainwave patterns on brain tests when listening to music. Read more here…

(CNN)It is no secret the uplifting effect of music, whether you like Mozart or Metallica. A growing amount of evidence also suggests that clinicians can use the power of music to help people recover from surgery and other medical procedures. Read more here…

The federal agency that oversees individuals on probation, parole or supervised release in Washington, D.C., is looking to expand options for “counseling and behavioral interventions” for offenders under its charge. The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA) is seeking a contractor to conduct “expressive therapies” in an “integrated way to foster human growth, development, and healing” to offenders who may also be involved in “group interventions focused on changing criminal thinking, anger management, substance use, education, and employment skills development.” Read more here…

Danilo Pérez, president of the Danilo Pérez Foundation and artistic director of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), and Patricia Zarate, executive director of Panama Jazz Productions and founder of the Latin American Music Therapy Symposium, are bringing students from the BGJI and Berklee’s music therapy program to Panama City, Panama, to work with the Foundation and other local organizations, August 17 – 21. Through a series of workshops, clinics and music therapy services, the students aim to empower the community to build sustainable music therapy programs at cancer centers, children’s hospitals, and nursing homes. Read more here…

Xavier Dephrepaulezz, the musician currently operating under the mildly controversial moniker of Fantastic Negrito, is ten minutes late for our conversation. As the winner of NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest, he is suddenly fielding a lot of interviews. But the 46-year-old Oakland oddball has been around this block before. Read more here…

Najwa Mahiaddin might be better known as the daughter of former deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyidding Yassin but she is also a popular R&B songstress and she put her soulful voice to good use in a recent music video appealing to listeners to ‘hold up your head Malaysia’ posted to her Facebook page on Thursday. Read more here…

About 80 percent of epilepsy patients have temporal lobe epilepsy, in which seizures originate in the temporal lobe of the brain. Music is processed in the auditory cortex, located in the same region of the brain, which is why researchers from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center wanted to study the connection. Read more here…

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. – At Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, a group of volunteers has been *instrumental* in creating an atmosphere where people can heal. Professionally trained at Beth Israel Hospital in New York, one of the most highly-accredited programs in the United States, Keith and Jen Wenzel tour DRMC playing easy listening music for patients, visitors, and staff. Read more here…

A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University has been awarded £100,000 of funding to further investigate how music therapy can help those with dementia. Read more here…

A new research paper presented at the American Psychological Association’s 123rd Annual Convention in Toronto this Sunday (August 9) suggests that music therapy could have numerous benefits for epilepsy sufferers. Read more here…