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A new study review published by the University of Kentucky found that music therapy can be beneficial to patients before, during and after a surgical procedure and may reduce pain and recovery time. 
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A little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in adulthood when it comes to listening and the complex processing of sound, according to a new Northwestern University study.
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Listening to music caused people with Williams syndrome to experience strong hormonal shifts, possibly explaining the mechanisms behind emotions.
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Learning and knowing music even later in life helps thinking and hearing for elderly, says study.
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A great little article that gives a very brief overview of some of the non-musical benefits music has on our brains and our ability to learn.....
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Scientists around the world have claimed that Mozart's music makes people more intelligent and improves health.
JMS1's curator insight,
October 7, 2013 9:06 PM
Ryal Newfeldt: Music is the perfect way to improve your mood, and clear your thoughts as you focus on sounds that stimulate your mind and soul. Therefore it is not surprising that Mozart's music has been scientifically proven to improve health in some instances
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Drummer says music's therapeutic value helped him overcome his tumorsLas Vegas Review-Journal17 at the Dinosaurs & Roses thrift shop, 6029 W. Charleston Blvd. Via playalongjon
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May 22, 2014 11:42 AM
Drummication fue creado por un residente del Centenario de 51 años. Después de cuatro tumores cerebrales que le dijeron que estaba bien va a estar muerto, o alteración. Pero Faught espalda. Pronto se convierte en su vida el amor de los tambores. "Hester está enseñando a su" lenguaje "y compartir su experiencia a través de círculos de tambores, terapéuticas regulares en todo el valle. Hester viajó por el mundo estudiando diferentes tipos de percusión y formó Drummunication como una fusión de estilos." También dijo "Ese proceso está a punto perfecta salud, el bienestar y la curación de la plenitud de espíritu, la mente y el cuerpo," Hester ha visto aportar claridad a aquellos con alcohol y de las dependencias, la depresión, el estrés pesada y más allá. ~Lizzie
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http://www.ted.com Charles Limb performs cochlear implantation, a surgery that treats hearing loss and can restore the ability to hear speech. But as a music...
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Music therapy is a popular and growing field for good reason: music can reduce stress, aid health, and carry many health benefits, and those who practice music therapy can harness the power of music to help their clients relieve pain, reduce stress... Via playalongjon
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Last month, dozens of news outlets reported the story of Charlotte Neve, the seven-year-old girl from Lancashire who awoke from a coma after hearing one of her favourite songs. "It's a complete miracle," the girl's mother, Leila, told The Sun. "I thought I was going to lose my little girl. I climbed into her hospital bed to give her a cuddle … and Adele came on the radio. I started singing it to her because she loves her and we used to sing that song together. Charlotte started smiling and I couldn't believe it."
There are other, similar cases. Earlier this year, Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb fell into a coma after contracting pneumonia, and reportedly emerged from it 12 days later after family members began playing familiar music and singing to him. Such cases provide anecdotal evidence that familiar music has beneficial effects on comatose patients. Now, French researchers have conducted the first scientific study of this phenomenon, and their preliminary findings suggest that familiar music probably can increase arousal in coma patients, and may also enhance their cognitive processes.... Via Dr. Stefan Gruenwald
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If you aren't able to master a tune even after hours of practicing, then perhaps you should sleep on it. We mean try sleeping while the tune is being played in the background. More on SLEEP: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=sleep
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Many premature babies enter the world with a mountain of challenges in front of them.
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Music has a fundamental affect on humans. It can reduce stress, enhance relaxation, provide a distraction from pain, and improve the results of clinical therapy.
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August 7, 2014 12:48 PM
research from Japan on Mice - the only thing you need to know is this: "They found that opera and classical music both increased the time before the transplanted organs failed, but single frequency monotones and new age music did not." take that Yanni! ;-p
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.
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There is a great deal of music in the world, and no one knows exactly why. But it does have its ready uses. The music business can make you rich and famous.
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Distraction is an effective pain reliever, and a new study concludes that listening to music can be effective for reducing pain in high-anxiety persons who can easily become absorbed in cognitive activities.
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February 13, 2014 7:55 PM
While the research in this article dealt primarily with pain control, an unexpected outcome regarding anxiety patients was found. Distraction is a common tool used to reduce pain in post-surgical and pain-control patients. Essentially, it is the act of redirecting an individual's thoughts into something else other than the pain they are currently feeling. It was found that those patients who had high anxiety in addition to pain control issues were the most responsive to distraction and cognitive redirection. In this way, the researchers initial hypothesis that those with high anxiety would be unable to be redirected was contradicted. This research has important implications in the way that anxiety can be treated. Teaching clients who are suffering from anxiety cognitive redirection and distracting techniques that allow them to be more mindful, such as listening to music, may assist in decreasing their level of anxiety when other interventions are unavailable.
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Music is increasingly used as a therapy to treat brain injuries such as those sustained by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The idea is that because music is represented by different areas of the brain, it can access deeper neural pathways. "Music then helps patients connect the stored knowledge of words through songs and helps create the new connections needed for speech. This same idea has been used for stroke victims in the past." Music's connection to the hippocampus may also implicate Alzheimer's patients.
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Music-based therapy helped the congresswoman relearn how to walk and talk, but science is still awaiting data to support the technique.
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I loved this article, it was very interesting. I found it very interesting reading about the characteristics of music that are also very important and effective in music therapy such as the tempo, rhythm and volume of the music. This can be carefully controlled in order to maximize a huge positive effect that music can have on the brain weather conscious or unconscious.