We know that playing an instrument can boost mental health – but what can it do for your immunity?
Just before Christmas we were visited by a crew from BBC Morning Live, plus 11 drummers from the fantastic Rhythm Nation, to find out.
Professor Alex Richter and Dr Sian Faustini of Clinical Immunology Services led an experiment to see if an hour-long drumming session had an effect on the levels of salivary antibodies in our visiting drummers, and the results were aired yesterday morning (January 5th).
Watch the segment below from 32m 35s to find out what happened!
