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below are just a handful of the articles recently written by Dr. Cash.
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Are you trying to
steer away from traditional prescription medications or even
over-the-counters medications? Give music a try! Humans have used
music for healing purposes for hundreds of thousands of years. They
have used it for lulling a newborn, for calming a toddler, for
energizing a tired adult, for celebrating a birthday, a wedding, or
a graduation.
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Think for just a
minute about the way that music is used to connect human beings.
From the first moment that a mother sings a lullaby to her new
infant, the imprint of loving sound is imprinted on that baby’s
psyche. After just a few hearings the infant will associate that
pleasant sound with safety, love and warmth. Mothers (and fathers!)
have been singing and lulling their infants with sound from time
immemorial. We now know that when a mother sings to her infant, her
brain releases oxytocin just as when she breastfeeds. This chemical
immediately strengthens the bond between mother and child and makes
the mother feel more maternal and loving toward her child.
Throughout that child’s life, hearing that song or lullaby will
bring back those warm, fuzzy feelings.
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Dr. Cash offers
insightful guidance by outlining her Top Ten Tips for using music
for health and wellness.
Read Music and Wellness ... |
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Does music make learning easier or faster or just more fun? Well, it
definitely makes it more fun but it can also make it easier to learn
many different types of information and keep that information
reinforced. Of course the classic example (for me) is the "Alphabet
Song." But it's not just about reinforcing facts or information like
all of the multiplication tables or all of the counties in a state,
or even which bone is connected to which bone.
Read Music and Accelerated Learning ... |
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Studying with Dr. Alfred
Tomatis
About a month ago, the TODAY SHOW did a special report on music
therapy and its use with children with autism. The report focused on
the work being done by a specific center in Maryland I believe and I
have received quite a few phone calls as a result asking if I do
this kind of therapy since I also studied with Dr. Tomatis. The
short answer to that question is "no." However, I thought my readers
might be interested to hear a little bit of the fascinating
experience I had when I took a two-week intensive seminar with him
in April of 1991. The location was Phoenix, Arizona and the topic
was "The Healing Power of Gregorian Chant."
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The fields of music medicine and music therapy are filled with
on-going research into every possible area of music. Thank goodness
many people today are quite interested in how music can help in
healing the mind, body, and spirit and, at the same time keep us
from needing so many potentially harmful and addictive drugs. Many
drugs are quite useful and helpful but many Americans, Canadians,
Europeans, and other citizens of the world take far more than they
really need. Music can be part of the solution!
Read Exciting New Research on Music ... |
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Boosting Your Energy with
Music
Anybody need an energy boost? "Of course!" you say! We're all pretty
much aware of the advertisements on television and in magazines for
energy-boosting foods and drinks. There are also quite a few pills,
capsules and powders that one can take, but what about a completely
natural booster? One that is basically free and doesn't cause you to
consume any calories or ingest caffeine or other addictive
substances? There is one, readily available in our day to day lives.
Yes, that would be music!
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One of the most frequently asked questions I get these days is 'how can
music be used most effectively for stress management?' There are just a
few basic principles that one needs to understand in order to tailor
their favorite music for stress management purposes.
Read Music and Stress Management ...
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I work in a full-service medical -surgical hospital in Louisville,
Kentucky. There is not a single area of this hospital (or any hospital)
that could not benefit from having music incorporated in some specific
well-thought-out way. And I don't mean just having MUSAK piped in!
Read The Many Uses of Music in a Hospital ...
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Some of the most exciting research in music medicine today centers on
the concept that patients who are listening to music of a certain type,
through headphones, while they are being put to sleep, and during
surgery, need up to 50% less anesthesia during the surgery!
Read Music and Surgery ...
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Surgery carries
undeniable risks with it, no doubt about it. But, the dangers of
anesthesia, of cutting, drilling, and using lasers is nearly always
overshadowed by the overwhelming benefits of the surgery. Whether
something is being removed, repaired or rejuvenated, surgery is a
modern-day miracle of science. It's just that when things go wrong, they
can go REALLY wrong!
Read Undiscovered
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A few years ago there was quite a bit in the newspaper and popular
magazines about "The Mozart Effect." Many people believed that simply
listening to the music of Mozart would raise their I.Q. and marketers
went to work churning out CD's of Mozart's music for nearly every
conceivable daytime and night-time task.
Read What is it about: The Mozart Effect ...
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School is very competitive these days. Actually life is very
competitive. Everyone is looking for a way to get a little edge over the
next guy or gal. Although I believe that cooperation and not competition
is the way to go, maximizing your brain's potential certainly can't
hurt.
Read Using Music for Brain Food ...
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How to Know When to Use Music for Surgery
Each day, all over the world people are having surgery of
all kinds. Most people assume that they will have anesthesia and they
rarely question whether they really need it or how much they might need.
and yet the fact is, anesthesia carries its own dangers and one of the
three things that people must recover from after surgery is the
anesthesia.
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How to Know When
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