The activity allowed her surgeon to protect parts of her brain vital for speech and left-side body movement.

The 53-year-old violinist played her instrument so doctors could avoid damaging her brain while removing a tumour.

More than 96,000 people have watched Jenna Schardt's brain surgery live from the Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Texas.

Brian George, who uses a wheelchair, is on a mission to properly thank the police officer who helped free him from a snow-covered sidewalk in the days following his brain surgery.

The B.C. government is improving access to deep brain stimulation (DBS) for people with Parkinson's disease.

A 19-year-old woman sang her way through brain surgery recently as doctors attempted to remove a tumour that was causing her difficulty in being able to sing.

Doctors at a Toronto hospital are testing a new procedure to treat depression: using ultrasound to create a lesion in the patient's brain.

"This is a disease of the elderly, so there's only a finite amount of time when you can enjoy this benefit, and that window is closing over two years."

Elias Pharaon was immediately able to sign his name for the first time in five years after undergoing a new brain surgery in August. 

Surgeons at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton will now be able to perform certain brain surgeries without even making an incision.