A 65-year-old Parkinson's disease patient played her clarinet during her brain surgery to help surgeons asses how the treatment is working. For five years before her procedure, she was unable to play ...

A woman with Parkinson’s disease played her clarinet while undergoing brain surgery so surgeons could see and hear the immediate impact of their work. Denise Bacon, 65, experienced instant improvement ...

For more than 200 years, Parkinson’s disease has been treated as a one‑way street, with drugs and devices that ease symptoms ...

London - The doctors prepared to carry out the brain surgery, their medical tools laid out. Their patient, wide awake on the operating table, was given an instrument of her own: her clarinet, which ...

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 ...

A patient with Parkinson’s disease has played the clarinet while undergoing a Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) operation, allowing her surgeons to monitor her results instantly, King's College hospital in ...

Is this really the best time for a music break? This woman is in the middle of brain surgery. Actually, doctors say talking to a conscious patient is the best way to get feedback on whether they're ...

Denise Bacon underwent Deep Brain Stimulation to improve her Parkinson's symptoms. Doctors assessed her mobility as they worked by having her play her clarinet.