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 admitted to hospital after a seizure at home.

Dagmar Turner wasn’t just showing off when she played the violin during her brain surgery at King’s College Hospital in London. Surgeons asked the 53-year-old to play her instrument to ensure that the professional violinist’s musical abilities were ...

Mackenzie Harry, 25, crossed her first 5K finish line at the River City Half Marathon and 5K on Saturday, March 9. Running was something she and her doctors weren't sure she'd be able to do again after she had surgery to remove a massive brain tumor six months earlier.

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 from his brain! Anthony Kullkamp Dias, 33, strummed his ...

Michael Bolton says he is focusing on recuperation and healing after discovering an "unexpected" medical challenge over the holidays. The musician and singer, 70, shared via his official Facebook page on Friday that "just before the holidays, it was ...

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 tumor as possible.

While putting a robot in between a patient and their brain surgeon sounds risky (and it is), Aldahash, a consultant neurosurgeon at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Saudi Arabia, told Business Insider that Almutrafi recovered four times as fast as the average patient.