A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has found that electrical stimulation of the body combined with sound activates the brain's somatosensory or "tactile" cortex, increasing the potential for using the technique ...
Aug 11, 2022
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When Paul McCartney wrote "Get Back," he never would have predicted how useful or relevant the song would become for music therapists.
Jul 19, 2022
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Sad music can provide enjoyment, comfort or pain to different people, according to new research looking at the effects of melancholy songs on the emotions.
Jun 14, 2016
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A recent article from a multi-institutional group of researchers provides recommendations for music therapy practice and research among individuals with chronic pain using sickle cell disease as an exemplar condition.
Mar 12, 2024
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Grief has always inspired songwriters. Popular songs including Let Me Go, by Gary Barlow, Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven and The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics, were all written as a way of working through the grief ...
Feb 29, 2024
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A recent study from researchers at University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health and UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital describes a quality improvement project where pain screening procedures were embedded within an ...
Feb 13, 2024
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If you're sleep deprived because of transitioning through menopause, there are probably few things you wouldn't try to get a good night's sleep. A new study, however, suggests better sleep could be as easy to achieve as listening ...
Oct 25, 2023
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The Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) formally recommend mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and other integrative therapies to manage anxiety and depression symptoms ...
Aug 15, 2023
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A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health describes a process-improvement study undertaken to improve documentation consistency and increase the capture of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) (i.e., stress, ...
Jul 31, 2023
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According to a recently completed doctoral thesis, singing can promote the development of the auditory cortex in preterm infants. Singing can also support maternal well-being as well as the relationship between mother and ...
Jul 3, 2023
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