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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…

EVERYONE has that one song; that few minutes of rhythm and lyrics that serves as escapism to a different place or time.It could be the soundtrack to a first kiss, that crazy holiday away with friends, your teen angst anthem – or even the backing track to your first heartbreak. Read more here…

BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – The following is an app review from FOX6 News Anchor Janet Hall: At the end of a stressful day we could all use a break. Here’s an app that helps you relax. It’s called “Music Healing” and it offers a list of relaxing music with titles like Internal Cleansing, It’s Gonna Be Okay and Think It Through. Read more here…

Laura Radlinski, a physician assistant student at Weill Cornell Medical College, spent most of a recent Tuesday assisting in placing a lengthening rod into a patient’s arm, but after nearly 12 hours in the operating room, she had much more to accomplish that day. Read more here…

Among a host of “out of the mainstream” new therapies for treating or alleviating chronic ills, music therapy shows promise. Hospitals and nursing homes across the country are adding music to their therapeutics as a way to reduce fear and stress. Read more here…