Deep brain stimulation is a surgical brain therapy used to treat symptoms of movement disorders such as dystonia, Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy. Performing over 100 DBS procedures annually, the ...

What Is Deep Brain Stimulation? The procedure involves implanting electrodes within areas of the brain for people with movement conditions. "The electrodes produce electrical impulses that affect ...

The INTREPID study group, a team of 49 researchers from 30 academic and medical institutions, reports on sustained five-year benefits from subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a treatment for various neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It involves surgically implanting an electrode into your ...

A pilot for nearly three decades, Greg Smith never thought lower back pain would lead to a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. “Hard to walk. Hard to stand up. Very uncomfortable,” Greg says. He went to ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has begun to be used in recent years to treat a range of conditions, most successfully for patients with Parkinson’s disease. The technique involves the insertion of thin ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Chronic pain is any pain that lasts longer than three months. It can also be inconsistent, a constant ache or sudden flares. The main problem in solving it is that ...

The FDA approved Medtronic's BrainSense Adaptive DBS for Parkinson's, offering personalized therapy through automatic adjustments to patients' needs. The ADAPT-PD trial validated aDBS's safety and ...

An Ohio music conductor is using deep brain stimulation to combat his Parkinson’s disease. Rand Laycock, 70, the director and conductor of a symphony orchestra, was diagnosed just before his 60th ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Glenda Edmonds starts her morning dancing with her loved ones. She shared a video with Action News of her dancing with her daughter at a birthday party. Several years ago, ...