Singing can cure...........breathing problems

Singing can cure various ailments ranging from breathing problems and depression to memory disorders and nicotine addiction, suggest several researches done across the world

According to a study by scientists atthe Western Ontario University in Canada, singing tones muscles at the back of the throat and this helps long-suffering partners of snorers get a silent night.

“Surgical interventions to treat snoring include removing tissue from the upper throat or toughening it by creating scartissue. Singing offers a harmless,healthy, non-invasive, inexpensive and enjoyable way to restore the throat’stone,” study author Alise Ojay said.

Humming tunes can also help lift depression while singing in a choir canprovide a cure for people with asthmaand other serious breathing problems,reported the online edition of theBritish tabloid The Sun.

Citing the finding of a study by researchers at the University of Western Sydney, the tabloid said singing couldalso soothe desperately ill infants. The scientists found that songs help babies in intensive care cope with their life-saving treatment.

Another study by Canadian scientists found that patients with severe Alzheimer’s, a degenerative memory disorder, were able to recognise songs from their youth and join in.

The Sun report said researchers at Frankfurt University in Germany havefound that singing lowers stress levelswhile American health campaigners have been using songs to help smokers stub out.

Neighbourhood choirs have been formed to promote the benefits of quitting and to encourage a support system where choir members help each other beat their nicotine addiction.

A two-year pilot project cut smokingrates from 34 to 27 percent across three mainly African American neighbourhoods,while smoking rates in comparable areasfell by just one percent over the same period.