When removing cancerous tissue in the brain, neurosurgeons often use "awake brain mapping" to minimize the risk of causing unintended disruptions to a patient's quality of life while removing as much ...

A Spanish jazz musician was kept awake and playing his saxophone during brain surgery to ensure his neurological functions remained undamaged. Carlos Aguilera, 27, was sedated and given painkillers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DR. UDI BONSHTEIN practices hypnosis on a patient (photo credit: RONI ALBERT) At the end of the operation, the neurosurgeon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dad plays guitar while having surgery to remove kiwi-sized brain tumor A dad-of-five had a tumor the size of a kiwi removed from ...

Music met medicine when a patient played a clarinet solo as she underwent brain surgery for Parkinson's disease and proved that the treatment was working in real time. Denise Bacon, 65, saw her finger ...

TUBRAE, Brazil -- Most people are put under during surgery. But a Brazilian man was not only was he awake during his recent operation, he actually played his guitar and sang as doctors removed a tumor ...

An elderly woman in the UK suffering from Parkinson’s disease played the clarinet while undergoing brain surgery at London's King’s College Hospital. Denise Bacon, 65, a retired speech and language ...

HOUSTON — A flutist played a concert during brain surgery at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston Tuesday. Anna Marie Whitlock Henry, a professional flute player from Lubbock, was undergoing a deep ...