Neuroscience
Calming us down or revving us up, music can be good for the heart
Stuck in traffic, with a nasty storm making a stressful commute even worse, Joanne Loewy reached for the car radio.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Music therapy offers creative outlet for youth in detention center
Through a long-standing partnership with the Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center, graduate students in Drexel's music therapy and counseling program are helping to bring joy, a creative outlet and—most importantly—music, ...
Aug 5, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Massage therapy improves symptom management for youth receiving hematology and oncology care
A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health found children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer or sickle cell disease (SCD) treated at a pediatric academic medical center reported clinically significant ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Music therapy feasibility study proves promising in cancer care
The principles of a music education approach for children show promise when used as the basis for music therapy with adult cancer patients.
Feb 3, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Music therapy reduces depression in children and adolescents, research finds
Researchers at Bournemouth University and Queen's University Belfast have discovered that music therapy reduces depression in children and adolescents with behavioural and emotional problems.
Nov 7, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds music therapy brings effective pain relief for sickle cell patients
A new study published in the Journal of Music Therapy reveals promising findings for the application of improvisational music therapy in assuaging the multidimensional acute pain of adult patients with sickle cell disease ...
Jun 14, 2018
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Health
Singing supports brain development in preterm infants and maternal well-being after premature birth, research finds
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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Neuroscience
Brains work in sync during music therapy
For the first time researchers have been able to demonstrate that the brains of a patient and therapist become synchronised during a music therapy session, a breakthrough that could improve future interactions between patients ...
Jul 25, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Growing body of evidence supports use of mind-body therapies in breast cancer treatment
In newly updated clinical guidelines from the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO), researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center with an interdisciplinary ...
Apr 24, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Music interventions can be effective against stress, says researcher
Stress has become an integral part of our society. Research shows that the negative impact of stress is a major risk factor for the development of physical and mental health problems. It follows that we try to protect ourselves ...
Oct 27, 2021
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