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 dad-of-five had a tumor the size of a kiwi removed from his brain while he was awake – and played the guitar during the operation. Paul Welsh-Dalton, 44, suffered with aphasia and headaches, and was ...

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 ...

LONDON -- Seeing a patient stay awake during brain surgery isn't just something you see on your favorite medical TV drama. It happens more than you think. Most recently, it happened in London at ...

It was a series of everyday words the patient spoke — butterfly, hello, turtle, 20, banana — that told surgeons and 2,000 onlookers, they were in the right spot. On Tuesday morning, the staff at ...

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 ...