For anyone wanting to know how music can be used for healing or for wellness, there are hundreds of studies in libraries, journals and on the internet. I thought my readers might enjoy seeing just a sampling of some of the published studies from 2009. These studies run the gamut from pregnancy and preemies, to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music Medicine'
Research in Music Healing Runs from Birth forward…
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Music Medicine
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Apollo, God of Music and Medicine
September 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Music Medicine
Apollo, God of Music and Medicine When I first started my website, www.HealingMusicEnterprises.com, way back in 1999, one of my first thoughts was to have a theme that would say music and medicine, music as medicine, music for healing, and sound as healing, wordlessly. I thought first of Apollo who was the Greek god of [...]
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Michael Jackson, Music, and Anesthesia
July 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music Medicine
When I started this blog a little over a year ago, I certainly never thought there would be a connection between Michael Jackson, music and anesthesia. And yet, in the final hours of his life, it was quite possibly a dose (or overdose) of one of the most potent anesthetics available; the drug is Propofol, known by its commercial name of Diprovan.
Music, the ear, and your mood
January 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music Medicine
Many people have blogged about the importance of music to our workouts. There has been a lot of research about the effect of music on mood and even matching tempo to heart rate. There also appears to be a magic number for volume; Spinal Tap had it right all along. Dr. Neil Todd and his [...]
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Music and Prostate Cancer: One Man’s Story
December 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Music Medicine
Music and Prostate Cancer: One Man’s Story By Dana Jennings I have prostate cancer, and sometimes I get mad. Not upset. Not annoyed. Not nettled. Mad. This isn’t mere “why me” moaning. My rage is pure and primal, like that of a wolf caught in a steel trap. Dana Jennings. (Lonnie Schlein/The New York Times) [...]
Dr. Cash speaks to Kentucky Holistic Nurses Association
April 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Music Healing, Music Medicine, Toning and Chanting
Tonight I spoke to a delightful audience of holistic nurses about the use of music in a clinical setting. The nurses were amazed to find out how simple and yet powerful music can be in an ER, an OR, a neonatal nursery or a hospice unit. Music is one of the oldest means for healing [...]
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