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• Music - Medicine For The Heart

  • From: masoncarter101
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    The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication. - Oliver Sacks "Awakenings"

    Music as a healing force goes back several centuries. Apollo was worshipped by the Greeks as the god of both music and medicine. Healing and sound were considered a highly developed sacred science in the Egyptian and Greek education systems. Soon after World War I and World War II, community musicians of all types, both amateur and professional, serenaded veterans, suffering both physical and emotional trauma from the wars. The medical profession is now embracing the value of music in the healing or palliative care of a wide variety of patients: the chronically or terminally ill, the disabled, the neurologically impaired, and the mentally challenged. Music therapy programs are popping up in hospitals and treatment centers around the country.

    Heart disease is the primary cause of death in the United States. Those who suffer from heart disease either die prematurely or suffer a marked decrease in quality of life. Increasing evidence is proving that music is soothing for the heart. Marconato and collegues reported in the Arq Bras Cardiol. in 2001, decreased stress levels and increased personal satisfaction, higher consumption of fiber-rich food, lower cholesterol intake, and a better perspective on life in people on receptive music therapy . White in the American Journal of Critical Care in 1999 showed that in patients with an acute heart attack, music therapy was associated with reductions in heart rate, respiratory rate, and myocardial oxygen demand. Guzzetta went further and reported in Heart Lung in 1989, that the incidence of cardiac complications was found to be lower in patients admitted to the coronary care unit with a presumptive diagnosis of heart attack, if they were subjected to music and relaxation therapy. Thorgaard and associates reported in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing in 2004 that specially selected music had a positive effect on the well being of patients and their opinion on the sound environment during invasive cardiac procedures. Other studies have demonstrated health benefits of music during and after cardiac surgery.

    Music has other benefits too. "Simply put, music can heal people." -- Senator Harry Reid, Nevada. As a therapeutic modality, music interventions are able to promote wellness, manage stress, combat depression, alleviate pain, relax or sedate, express feelings, enhance memory, improve communication, and promote physical rehabilitation. Therapeutic music enhances an individual's self-awareness and spiritual growth, brightens their perspective on life and this results in increasing his or her quality of life

    German author, Johann G. Seume expressed, “Music is the key to the female heart.” Love is intimately connected to music. Henry Ward Beecher (1813-87), American clergyman sang, “Of all the music that reaches farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.” Music helps conquer loneliness. Lawrence Pat Conroy, said,” Without music, life is a journey through a desert.” Music can help combat depression and anxiety. George Eliot (1819-80), British writer announced, “There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.” Music has its spiritual benefits too. Every religion has incorporated music in its fabric. Basketball coach, Red Auerbach, who was elected to the basketball hall of fame in 1969, preached, “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Music helps laborers lessen their burden and helps their time pass faster. It also acts as an uniting force in all aspects of life.

    Musical therapist and teacher , Pastor Hal A. Lingerman, said, “Just as certain selections of music will nourish your physical body and your emotional layer, so other musical works will bring greater health to your mind.” And as he correctly remarked, not all music is created equal. Several studies have shown that relaxing music (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart) results in a significant reduction of heart rate and also a significant reduction of heart rate variability, both benefitting the heart. The human heart rate tends to synchronize with the tempo of the music. Fast tempos drive up heartbeats, breathing and blood pressure, and may be detrimental to the cardiovascular system. Enjoy slower tempo music and relax - and as the American writer, Henry Miller penned, “Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.”

    Guitarist Frank Zappa, winner of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 said, “Remember, information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; music is the best.“ Integrate music into your daily life regimen. It will enhance your life. And more importantly, it may help soothe and even heal your heart. So do not be surprised if your doctor says, ”Listen to two slow classical tunes and call me in the morning.”

    Dr. Shashi K. Agarwal is a Board Certified Internist and Cardiologist with a private practice in New York City and New Jersey. He is also a diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine and the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.

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    Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Shashi_Agarwal_MD

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• newbie request

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    I am knew here and would like to know what this community does.  Is there anyone out there who can share some guidance?

     

    Thanks,

    KD

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• Wake up and Walk Tour

  • From: finerplaces
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    Excitement is brewing as Mr. Diabetes® reaches completion of his 10,000+ mile Wake Up and Walk ^® Tour of the U.S. perimeter. It will culminate with an extraordinary celebration – THE FLORIDA ORANGE FESTIVAL TM - on December 14 ^th in Sarasota, Florida and another event as the THE WALK™ ends one week later right where it began - in Madeira Beach, Florida – on December 21st!

    The Defeat Diabetes Foundation is a nationally registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit charity dedicated to creating awareness, prevention, early identification and self-management of diabetes. Our focus to solving the diabetes epidemic in this country is through prevention with an emphasis on proper medical oversight, nutrition and fitness coupled with an assessment of an individual’s risk factors through early screening. In cases where diabetes cannot be prevented, early detection and proper medical monitoring can greatly reduce the costs and complications associated with this insidious disease.

    • DDF’s website provides accurate, up-to-date and practical information on the treatment and self-management of diabetes throughout its 3,500 pages of information and a free monthly online E-Lerts™ newsletter.
    • The KIDD Project has provided 3 million Free Defeat Diabetes® Screening Test brochures to 5000 schools in all 50 states.
    • The DAN Project is a Public Service Announcement campaign about the danger of undiagnosed diabetes. It has aired on QVC reaching 186 million homes worldwide and in local communities throughout the United States on network affiliates.
    • The Mr. Diabetes ^â Wake Up and Walk ^® Tour is a 10,000+ mile walk of the perimeter of the United States by DDF Executive Director, Andrew P. Mandell – Mr. Diabetes Ò - to create awareness about the disease. THE WALK™ is now in its 8 ^th and final year with Mr. Diabetes® having completed over 9,600 miles of his journey.
    • Martial Arts Defeat Diabetes® Community Awareness Action Project . Working with local martial arts schools, DDF is distributing life-saving information about diabetes and its prevention to school age children in communities all over the United States .

    We invite and encourage you to be a part of the FLORIDA ORANGE FESTIVAL TM and in creating diabetes awareness so that together we can protect our children from becoming slaves to this life-threatening disease. Visit www.defeatdiabetes.org to see over 3,500 pages of diabetes information or call (941) 362-7632 or email finerplaces@comcast.net for event information!

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• Free and Reduced Lunch

  • From: knuble22
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    Hi - we have recently started a program in our community to help kids who are on free/reduced lunches. It came to our attention that the kids are getting one meal per day - on SCHOOL DAYS. What happens when there is no school? Weekends, holidays, and summers leave families in an already struggling economy with out nutritious meals for their children. We are working to make sure these kids have at least one well-rounded meal per day - EVERYDAY! Any thought on recipes, etc.. would be greatly appreciated,

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• Defeat Diabetes - Kids and Adu

  • From: finerplaces
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    Mr. Diabetes (Andy Mandell) is a 62 year old diabetic who began his walk around the perimeter of the United States in the year 2000. He is almost at journey's end - back in Florida where he began!
    The Defeat Diabetes Foundation (DDF) www.DefeatDiabetes.org , is a nationally registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit charity dedicated to creating awareness about and preventing Type 2 diabetes. Our focus to solving the epidemic of diabetes in this country is through prevention with an emphasis on nutrition and fitness coupled with an assessment of an individual’s risk factors through early screening. In cases where diabetes can’t be prevented, early detection and proper medical monitoring can greatly reduce the costs and complications associated with this insidious disease.
    • DDF’s website provides accurate, up-to-date and practical information on the treatment and self-management of diabetes throughout the over 3,000 pages of information and a free monthly online E-Lerts™ newsletter.
    • The KIDD Project has provided 3 million Free Defeat Diabetes® Screening Test brochures to 5000 schools in all 50 states;
    • The DAN Project is a Public Service Announcement campaign about the danger of undiagnosed diabetes. It has aired on QVC reaching 186 million homes worldwide and in local communities throughout the United States on network affiliates.
    • The Mr. Diabetes ^â Wake Up and Walk ^® Tour a 10,000+ mile walk of the perimeter of the United States by DDF Executive Director, Andrew P. Mandell – Mr. Diabetes Ò to create awareness about the disease is now in its final year. Mr. Diabetes® has completed 9,600 miles of his journey to date.
    • Martial Arts Defeat Diabetes® Community Awareness Project. Working with local martial arts schools, DDF is disseminating life-saving information about diabetes and its prevention to school age children in communities all over the United States .
    On December 14, 2008, Mr. Diabetes will be the guest of honor at a very special event in Sarasota, Florida where the focus will be on healthy eating, exercise and more and he continues on the final leg of the journey - returning to Madeira Beach the end of December 2008 where it all began so many years ago!
    We would love to hear from the Rachel Ray Show about this special project. Please visit www.DefeatDiabetes.org to learn more and for updates on "The Walk". Please contact me through any of the means below for further information!
    Thanks!!!
    Judy
    Judy Dean, President - The Finer Places, Inc.
    Executive Producer - POPS Extras!
    www.thefinerplaces.com
    www.POPSExtras.org
    2680 Aspinwall Street
    Sarasota, FL 34237
    h: (941) 362-7632
    Fax: (941) 953-2503
    Email: finerplaces@comcast.net
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