DBS surgery gives Western Pa. woman with severe Tourette her life back

After years of severe Tourette, Abigail Bailey saw her tics plummet following deep brain stimulation surgery at Allegheny ...
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Beyond medicines: How DBS surgery is helping Parkinson’s patients reclaim movement and independence

Parkinson's disease is a condition that affects people with Parkinson's ability to move and do things on their own. People with Parkinson's disease will find that it gets worse over time. At first, ...
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Q&A: Removing barriers to access key to expansion of DBS surgery for Parkinson’s

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Offering asleep or awake DBS aims to provide PD patients choice, impetus for choosing DBS therapy sooner.
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What You Need to Know About Deep Brain Stimulation

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 ...
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FDA approves Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for Parkinson’s, essential tremor

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has approved Medtronic’s Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for individuals diagnosed with ...
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Deep Brain Stimulation Promising in Post-Stroke Recovery

An early-stage clinical trial has shown that deep brain stimulation (DBS) applied to the cerebellum may aid the recovery of upper limb function after stroke. Researchers studied 12 people with ...
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Mayo Clinic physicians map patients’ brain waves to personalize epilepsy treatment

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new, personalized approach to deep brain stimulation (DBS) for people with drug-resistant epilepsy. By mapping each patient's unique brain ...