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Music Therapy can help improve many symptoms, including loneliness, boredom, pain, restlessness, rapid respiration, grief, anxiety, depression, elevated blood pressure and heart rate and relaxation. Read more here…

Music therapy has been bringing joy and respite to people with a range of physical and mental health conditions for four decades. “The responses that he gives to Lani’s therapy are small, but knowing Nathan well, you know that they are there,” Mr Tait said.Read more here…

I was extremely honoured to emcee Kingston’s third annual Light of Day benefit concert last weekend. Organizers Ginette Blais and Gord Hunter spearheaded this initiative to raise awareness and funds for ending Parkinson’s disease. It was a difficult evening being joyous and social. Just over 24 hours prior, we were all hearing about the Paris terrorist attacks. Read more here…

In an era of increasing activity in the biotech sector, Brian Harris is bringing a level of simplicity to the medical field. His company, MedRhythms, uses melodies and rhythms to help treat and combat the effects of certain brain injuries, strokes, and Parkinson’s disease. Read more here…

A city-based University and an Austrian institution have decided to work together to explore the potential of music therapy. Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Deemed University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IMC University of Applied Sciences, Krems an der Donau, Austria, for engaging in collaborative research projects in the field of music therapy. Read more here…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM)– As part of National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, Hospice is highlighting one of the ways they help people. Music Therapy helps patients heal, reflect, and express their emotions. Read more here…

A pilot project in our region is using music therapy as a way to help those living with mental illness. Paige Morrissey is a talented musician. She puts her skills to good use as a music therapist, with the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia. The foundation has launched a pilot music therapy program, which began in September. Read more here…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — From Autism to Alzheimer’s, music is healing what medicine can’t. In some cases, patients and students both are hearing the benefits of music therapy. “Here’s a little song that I wrote, you might want to sing it note for note,” sang a music Therapist. Read more here…

Communications major at The College of Saint Rose and currently interning for Wildwood Program’s Communication department. This blog series will be a collection of her experiences at Wildwood. Four boys came sprinting into the room, they slowed down once they saw me, but they continued grinning as they found their seats. After their routine exercises, including deep breathing, they were ready to take attendance. The faces and names of the students appear on the Smart board and each child had to match the ones that belong to them. Then came the fun part, each stud5ent had a chance to stand on a small wooden block while the rest of the class sung the “Hello Song,” during which some jumped up and down on the block, others held hands with Beth, the music therapist, and one kid even managed to high five her while he was jumping. Read more here…

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AFNS) — Former Maj. Frank Vassar pulled out his cellphone and played a song that he wrote and recorded as other wounded Airmen listened closely. “… Bombs going off inside my head. Sometimes wishing I was dead. Demons deep inside me. I pray so hard I can’t fall asleep. …” Read more here…