Is 50 the New 30? How About the New 15!
An idea central to the Recreational Music Making movement is that you are never too old to take up a musical instrument and that music is a great way to keep our minds fit and active.

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Music Helps Patients Talk
The power of music is helping stroke patients communicate again by singing what they want to say, thanks to an experimental treatment called melodic intonation therapy (MIT) currently being studied at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

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Harps for the Heart’s Sake
Dr. Abraham Kocheril, chief of cardiac electrophysiology at the Carle Heart Center in Urbana, Illinois, claims he has found signs that harp music might help sick hearts beat more normally.

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Marvel of the Mature Mind
“Any activity that optimally uses both the right and left hemispheres is like chocolate to the brain,” says Dr. Gene Cohen, director of the Center on Aging, Health, and Humanities at George Washington University.

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Brain Workouts Tone Memory
It’s common knowledge that a proper exercise regimen can do wonders for the body. Only recently, however, have psychologists and gerontologists aggressively applied the same principle to the brain.

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Older Adults Benefit from Music Making
Results from an ongoing study strongly indicate that musical activity carries significant wellness benefits for older adults, according to study leader Dr. Gene Cohen.

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