Doctors are warning musicians to clean their wind instruments regularly — after a recently published study revealed it could be a matter of life or death. The report, published Monday in the medical ...

A British bagpipe player died after contracting a lethal fungal infection from his instrument, researchers say. As the experts explained, the moist interiors of wind instruments can promote the growth ...

If you needed an excuse not to take up the bagpipes, here it is: they can give you inflammatory lung disease. Doctors in the UK have labelled it 'bagpipe lung', after a British bagpiper battled coughs ...

TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2016 -- A British bagpipe player died after contracting a lethal fungal infection from his instrument, researchers say. As the experts explained, the moist interiors of wind ...

Musicians who play wind instruments need to clean them regularly to prevent the growth of molds and fungi that can cause "bagpipe lung", a rare but potentially fatal condition. Doctors blame the death ...

Bagpipes and Scotland? Aye, it's a natural association: Played for centuries, the instrument is especially identified with the Scottish military and traditional Scottish dress, tartan kilts and shawls ...