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Music Therapy May Help Teens Cope with Cancer
2014
Author
Mary Brophy Marcus
Language
English
Source / Publisher
WebMD

  This article describes different techniques, interventions and outcomes of teens during cancer treatment. They describe how writing lyrics, making videos helped them get through grueling treatment and connect with others, study found.

Music Therapy program at Calgary's Foothills hospital Expanded
Author
Carolyn Kury de Castilla
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Global News

 Music is now being used as medicine at the Foothills Medical Centre intensive care unit in Calgary… helping everyone from palliative care patients to stroke victims

Music Therapy Program at SickKids
2017
Author
Sick Kids Interactive
Language
English
Subtitle
English
Source / Publisher
Sick Kids Interactive

This video shows work by music therapist Carolyn Williams with children at Sick Kids Medical Hospital, in Toronto. Parents talk about the impact that music therapy has had on the development and the recovery of their child, while the music therapist comments on the actions and reactions of the children in the video. 

Polio Music Therapy
2010
Language
English
Source / Publisher
Music Therapy Trust Fund

 An individual who suffered from polio as a child described the impact of music therapy on his recovery over the years.

Singing to preterm infants during kangaroo care boosts maternal wellbeing
2020
Author
Emily Henderson
Language
English
Source / Publisher
News Medical, Life Sciences

 This article discusses the positive benefits on well-being of adding music therapy to kangaroo care, which stresses the importance of skin to skin touch for preterm infants.