“PTSD is diagnosed after a person experiences symptoms for at least one month following a traumatic event. However symptoms may not appear until several months or even years later.”

ADAA  Anxiety and Depression Association of America

“Worldwide, osteoporosis causes more than 8.9 million fractures annually, resulting in an osteoporotic fracture every 3 seconds.  Also, Osteoporosis is estimated to affect 200 million women worldwide – approximately one-tenth of women aged 60, one-fifth of women aged 70, two-fifths of women aged 80 and two-thirds of women aged 90.”

https://www.iofbonehealth.org/facts-statistics

“There’s just something about music — particularly live music — that excites and activates the body; Music very much has a way of enhancing quality of life and can, in addition, promote recovery.”

Joanne Loewy, the study’s lead author, director of the Beth Israel Medical Center’s Louis Armstrong center and co-editor of the journal Music and Medicine.  She with music therapists and psychologists investigating music in medicine for dealing with pain, depression and possibly Alzheimer’s.

“Results from a study I conducted suggest that music can prevent the transmission of pain signals from the spinal cord to the brain.”

Mathieu Roy, a Psychologist  of the University of Colorado, Boulder

“It is a known fact that listening to Classical music enhances the mathematical ability of a growing child. Also, chanting helps release endorphins in the body creating a calm person, full of positive energy.”

Dr. Shaan Manohar  ENT MD specialist at Nanavati Hospital

“The brain controls many aspects of thinking—remembering, planning and organizing, making decisions, and much more. These cognitive abilities affect how well we do everyday tasks and whether we can live independently.”

NIH National Institute on Aging

“An overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism) can cause a fast heartbeat, trouble sleeping, and weight loss. In some people, the condition may trigger the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation.”

HarvardMedicalSchool (www.health.harvard.edu)

“Women are much more likely than men to develop hypothyroidism. The disease is also more common among people older than age 60.”

NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

“The thyroid gland is regulated by thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), which is produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. TSH stimulates the thyroid gland to make thyroid hormones and secrete them into the blood. The thyroid hormones control the body’s metabolism and can affect cholesterol levels.”

American Thyroid Association (www.thyroid.org)