Various studies show that children with asthma can improve their lung function by regularly playing wind instruments. It's also helpful if you have asthma, COPD or cystic fibrosis. Kirsten Neumann/dpa ...

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 ...

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 ...