Study backs deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 17:42
in Health & Medicine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deep brain stimulation dramatically improves Parkinson's disease symptoms such as trembling and slowness of movement, offering hope to many with the incurable ailment, researchers said on Tuesday.
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