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Gift of $2.5 Million to All Children’s Hospital to Keep Music Playing
Source: St. Petersburg Times, FL Author: Richard Martin, Times Staff Writer St. Petersburg—Sometimes, a kid needs to bang a drum, sing a song or listen to a relaxing tune. That’s the basic idea behind the music therapy program at All Children’s Hospital, which has been a hit…
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Rebecca Vaudreuil, Music Therapist
Source: Your Magazine Since the January 8th shooting of Gabrielle Giffords, there has been a surge in media coverage on her rehabilitation. The focus has been on her use of music therapy, a field that has grown in popularity over the last decade. ABC News…
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Whistle While You Recuperate
Publication: HealthDay News at Forbes.com Author / Writer: Karen Pallarito Medical care often involves instruments that poke and prod. So it may come as a huge relief to patients when the instrument involved in their therapy—perhaps something from the string or percussion family—doesn’t make them wince….
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The Power of Music
Publication: Inside Scripps “Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here!” –J.K. Rowling Margaret Speyer is an oncology patient at Scripps La Jolla and has been in the hospital for almost three weeks. On this day, she is recovering from recent chemotherapy treatment and…
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January
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Healthy Lifestyles: San Diego Heart Attack Recovery Program Changing Lives
Publication: KPBS 89.5FM Radio Interview Host: Kenny Gold Hundreds of thousands of American die every year from a heart attack. For those who survive one, recovery can be difficult. It often requires a complete change in lifestyle and mind-set. A unique program helps San Diegans do…
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Campus Spotlight: Music Therapy
Publication: Around La Jolla Author / Writer: Barbara Reuer, PhD, NMT–F, MT–BC As many people know, music has been used in medicine for thousands of years. Ancient Greek philosophers believed that music could heal both the body and the soul. And, Native Americans have used singing…
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August
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Medicine and the New Age
Publication: Los Angeles Times Author / Writer: Hilary E. MacGregor, Staff Writer “I was stressed.” Through classes like music, cooking and yoga, the tony La Jolla clinic teaches its heart patients to reflect on, and revise, their everyday lives. By the time Bill Coleman arrived at the…
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Healing with Music
Publication: Caring Today: Practical Advice for the Family Caregiver Author / Writer: Deborah Harkins What balm can doctors or caregivers offer a human being whose life has been derailed by a devastating impairment—dementia, say, or a crippling accident, or paralysis, or the loss of the ability…
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The Calming Sound of Music Therapy Aims to Silence Skeptic
Publication: La Jolla Light Author / Writer: Will Carless Ginny Shue was decidedly skeptical when she first heard about a music therapy course offered by the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. The law professor, who admits to having an “analytical brain,” thought the whole thing sounded…