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262 New Form of Parkinson's Treatment Uses Real-Time Deep-Brain Stimulation

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · today 03:00 EDT

New Form of Parkinson's Treatment Uses Real-Time Deep-Brain Stimulation

A newly FDA-approved form of adaptive deep-brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease adjusts electrical stimulation in real time based on an individual's brain signals, improving symptom control and reducing medication dependence. Scientific American: For decades, Keith Krehbiel took high doses of medications with a debilitating side effect -- severe nausea -- following his diagnosis with early-onset Parkinson's disease at age 42 in 1997. When each dose wore off, he experienced dyskinesia -- involunta

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