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Recreational music-making modulates natural killer cell activity, cytokines, and mood states in corporate employees
Masatada Wachi, Masahiro Koyama, Masanori Utsuyama, Barry B. Bittman, Masanobu Kitagawa, Katsuiku Hirokawa
Recreational Music-Making Modulates the Human Stress Response
Recreational music-making modulates the human stress response: a preliminary individualized gene expression strategy Barry Bittman , Lee Berk, Mark Shannon, Muhammad Sharaf, Jim Westengard , Karl J. Guegler, David W. Ruff
Testing The Power Of Music-Making in Seniors
BARRY B. BITTMAN, MD, is chief executive officer of Mind-BodyWellness Center, Meadville, Pa.; KARL T. BRUHN, is a music consultant of Bruhn & Associates,Anaheim, Calif.; PhILIP B.LIM, MT-BC, is music instructor at Greene Music, San Diego; ANGELA NEVE, MT-BC, is owner of The Music Therapy Center of California in San Diego; CHRISTINE K. STEVENS, MSW, MT-BC, is a music therapy and wellness consultant with Remo, Valencia, Calif., and CRAIG KNUDSEN, MBA, is a technology advisor in Palm Desert, Calif.
Improving Mood States in First Year Nursing Students
Recreational Music-making: An Integrative Group Intervention for Reducing Burnout and Improving Mood States in First Year Associate Degree Nursing Students: Insights and Economic Impact Barry B. Bittman MD; Cherie Snyder MSS, MA; Karl T. Bruhn; Fran Liebfreid BSN, M.ED, RN; Christine K. Stevens MSW, MT-BC; James Westengard BS; and Paul O. Umbach MA

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This section of the Recreational Music Making Web site documents the scientific foundations for more fully understanding the benefits of playing a musical instrument. With a focus on published peer-reviewed scientific research studies, we offer an extraordinary opportunity to discover a rational basis for what our grandmothers knew all along... playing a musical instrument is good for your health!