Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...
When the living and breathing body of a 71-year-old Parkinson’s disease patient was recently lying in a sterile operating theater at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, his head was in Thailand.
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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Surgery helps Marin musician return to music

When Tom Montgomery first started getting tremors in 2008, he thought they were because he’d had a stressful couple of weeks ...
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) improves many of the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) and is a life-alerting surgery for many patients. Penn Medicine's Gordon Baltuch, MD, a professor of ...
CLEVELAND — Standing before his community orchestra, 70-year-old Rand Laycock continues to conduct with renewed confidence after receiving innovative treatment for his Parkinson's disease symptoms.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Doing brain surgery without any incisions. It sounds like science fiction, but Corewell Health in Grand Rapids performed the first focused ultrasound procedure in Michigan last ...
Abby had to resign from her job and suspend her college career because the tics and OCD became too severe. Now she's going back to school, has her old job back and is planning a wedding.
Obtaining prefrontal cortex biopsies during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in living patients does not increase the risk of adverse events or cognitive decline compared to standard DBS ...