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'Infusion String Band' fights cancer with music

December 25, 2018 - 10:05 AM By: Lisa Huston Two cancer patients got the name "The Infusion String Band" after the chemotherapy infusions they were receiving while playing music together. LOUISVILLE (WHAS11) – They say music heals the soul. Dave Shattuck and Roger Slusher will tell you it heals much more than that. "We were hooked up to IVs and the whole nine and picking and singing the whole time,” said Slusher. The two men met at Norton Cancer Institute last year. Roger was fighting prostate cancer while Dave was tackling his third round of lung cancer. "My doctor told me if we'd been talking two years ago, he'd be saying I'm sorry instead of let's go get this,” said Roger. "I never gave it a......

Hospice patient and others sing the praises of music therapy

December 20, 2018 - 10:05 AM By:Alicia Doyle, Special to Ventura County Star When Geneva Fergusson was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer, she was told she had three to six months to live. That was three years ago. “I started to proceed to do things you’re going to do if you’re going to leave in a few months, but I didn’t have to do that,” said Fergusson, 95, who lives in Camarillo with her husband of 75 years, Fergie. After her diagnosis, she was assigned an interdisciplinary team through the Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association, which, in part, provides end-of-life care services in patients’ homes. Part of that team is Lori Sunshine, of Ventura, a board......

Music therapy to help treat cancer? Doctors in India try adding a melodic dose

December 18, 2018 - 10:05 AM By: Mahesh Trivedi Doctors in India are these days adding a dose of music therapy to their treatment regimen for physical and mental ailments and seem to have hit the right note with their patients. Not only physicians and psychiatrists, but even psychologists, researchers, educators and volunteers associated with prisons, special schools, community mental health agencies and drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers are discovering the therapeutic benefits of the seven basic notes of music.Music therapy is now a potential remedial tool involving the skillful use of music and musical elements to promote, maintain and restore physical, emotional and spiritual health. Music therapists use......

5 Ways Music Could Improve Your Health And Well-Being

December 13, 2018 - 10:05 AM By: Sadhana Bharanidharan For some people, going even a day without listening to a few songs can be rather difficult. Rather than being a mere source of entertainment, studies have shown that music can have a beneficial effect on our physical and mental health. 1. More effective workout Most of us prefer listening to music when we go out for a run or when sweating it out at the gym. But is there a scientific basis to explain why? Turns out, a good soundtrack can increase the efficiency of your workout by delaying tiredness. In a recent study, researchers also found that music could induce changes in brain activity such as participants displaying signs of......

How Early Childhood Music Classes Help Parents Connect with their Child

December 11, 2018 - 10:05 AM Bringing your child to an early childhood music class is like opening a door to a new world of opportunity not only for your child, but also for you as a parent. We are all growing together as parents and children, and shared experiences like the ones found in parent-child music classes can have a tremendous impact on that growth. As a parent myself, I am aware of the ups and downs of child-rearing. I am all too familiar with feelings overwhelmed, exhausted, and unsure of how to nurture, discipline, guide, and cherish my child in the most loving way possible. Because of the innate demands and challenges of child-rearing, it is common for parents to feel overwhelmed and......

Music therapy at Riley Hospital saves toddler’s life

December 06, 2018 - 10:05 AM By: Angela Brauer INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A little boy is fighting for his life after he was diagnosed with cancer last March. Charles Lane is back in the hospital for three stem-cell transplants after undergoing brain surgery and chemotherapy. He will likely remain at Riley Hospital for Children for months to come. Patrick and Kate Lane told CBS4 their son was an average toddler. In March, they noticed he wasn’t feeling well. “He started showing signs of, you know, what you would think would be a stomach bug” Kate said. “Kid’s sick, no big deal.” But after they visited seven doctors and went to the emergency room multiple times within one......

Music therapy device helps Alzheimer's patients

December 04, 2018 - 10:05 AM By: Marissa Oberle BERRIEN SPRINGS, Mich. -- A Michiana man is hoping his new invention can help keep patients connect to their past and their loved ones. Zach Gordon, a nurse in Berrien Springs, created a music therapy device that clips to the clothes of Alzheimer's and Dementia patients. There's only 35 in use right now, but the families of the patients using them want to see more, saying the device dramatically improves the lives of their loved ones. "He hears Peter, Paul, and Mary, Simon and Garfunkle, and The Eagles," said Claudia Mierau. "Every seven minutes, my voices comes on, and I say, ‘Hi Wayne. It’s Claudia I love you.'” "Not only did she have......

“Music And Memory” Brings Music Therapy To Nursing Home Residents

November 29, 2018 - 10:05 AM By: Dr. Joe Misiewicz— Muncie, IN—A group of Ball State University student volunteers are helping forgotten Hoosiers living in nursing homes by providing them free iPods® and personalized music therapy. The program is called “Music and Memory” and their mission is to bring iPods® and individualized music playlists to the elderly, with special emphasis on those suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s. We believe that personalized digital music can greatly enhance the quality of life for many nursing home residents, especially those with cognitive disorders. We are also deeply committed to bringing love, mercy, and compassion to Hoosier......

Music Therapy for Dementia Patients

November 27, 2018 - 10:05 AM Studies have shown that music can increase brain connectivity in patients with dementia. But what does this mean? According to the Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease, research demonstrates how “…personalized music playlists can activate regions of the brain typically not touched by early Alzheimer’s disease and may offer a new way to approach anxiety, depression, and agitation in patients.” Jeff Anderson, MD, one of the authors of the study and an associate professor of radiology at the University of Utah Health, says that the research was designed to look at the mechanism of action in the brain, not necessarily to test whether music......

The Magic of Music - And 10 songs for the blues.

November 22, 2018 - 10:05 AM Neel Burton M.D. The oldest musical instruments to have been found — flutes made from bird bone and mammoth ivory — are more than 42,000 years old; and it has been argued that, by fostering social cohesion, music—from the Greek, 'the art of the muses'— could have helped our species outcompete the Neanderthals. Remember that next time you stand to the national anthem. In the Bible, David played on his harp to make King Saul feel better: ‘And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed......

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'Infusion String Band' fights cancer with music

Hospice patient and others sing the praises of music therapy

Music therapy to help treat cancer? Doctors in India try adding a melodic dose

5 Ways Music Could Improve Your Health And Well-Being

How Early Childhood Music Classes Help Parents Connect with their Child

Music therapy at Riley Hospital saves toddler’s life

Music therapy device helps Alzheimer's patients

“Music And Memory” Brings Music Therapy To Nursing Home Residents

Music Therapy for Dementia Patients

The Magic of Music - And 10 songs for the blues.

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