Topics: Alternative medicine

EXPERT COMMENT: How music heals us, even when it’s sad – by a neuroscientist leading a new study of musical therapy

27 November 2023 14:30

In an article written for The Conversation*, Leigh Riby, Cognitive-Neuroscience Professor at Northumbria University discusses the recent breakthrough in neuroscientific research which suggests that music – both sad or happy – has therapeutic healing powers linked with emotional recognition and brain re-engagement.

£1.4m grant to assess how yoga benefits older people with multiple long-term health conditions

29 November 2018 10:40

A major £1.4 million study investigating the benefits that yoga brings to older people with multiple long-term health conditions is about to begin at Northumbria University, Newcastle. It aims to determine both the clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a specially-adapted yoga programme for older adults with multimorbidity.

Yoga benefits in the ageing population

26 June 2017 10:27

Older people with a range of age-related conditions including arthritis and dementia showed physical and health related improvements after doing Yoga classes, research shows.