Brain pacemaker helps Parkinson's, but with risks

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Tue, 01/06/2009 - 23:27

CHICAGO -- Parkinson's sufferers who had electrodes implanted in their brains improved substantially more than those who took only medicine, according to the biggest test yet of deep brain stimulation.


 

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