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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Vass" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 12:09 PM Subject: Music is Good Medicine > http://www.healthscout.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Af?ap=55&id=110943 > > Music is Good Medicine > "Sometimes the best medicine comes out of a musical > instrument rather than a pill bottle. " > > " Music can be used therapeutically for people who suffer > communication or movement disorders. For example, > music therapists often complement treatment for > neurological conditions, including brain injury, stroke > and Parkinson's and....." > > "Studies have shown that music can affect moods and > enhance memories, reduce stress and anxiety and > improve concentration. ......" > > "When people are wired up to EEGs, the machines that > measure electrical patterns in the brain, and we play > classical music to them, we find that they tend to produce > a large number of alpha waves. This particular type of > brain activity is associated with a state of relaxed alertness." > > "Music by Vivaldi and Mozart were the most relaxing. " > > see : > http://www.healthscout.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Af?ap=55&id=110943 > for the complete article and hotlinks. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > GAIL YOU SHOULD REMEMBER WHEN I TOLD EVERY HOW VIVIAN I COULD DANCE.WE WENT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK AND WOULD GET LOT TO CLAP. BUT WHEN THE MUSIC STOPPED I WOULD FALL HE SHE DID NOT HOLD ME UP. SLOW MUSIC I HAVE GIVEN IT UP AS I CAN NOT STAND NOW. VIVIAN WOULD PUT HER HAND ON MY BELT IN BACK TO HELP ME STAND. SO THERE IS LOT OF TRUTH IN IT. THERE IS SO MANY THING I HAVE LEARNED AFTER 33 YEARS OF PD. LIKE SO MANY BLAME SINNEMET FOR THERE PROBLEMS NOT SO. SO WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW EMAIL I WILL TRY WHAT I HAVE LEARNED AND WORKS FOR ME. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn