People with Parkinson's disease who have a pacemaker-like device implanted in the brain spend an extra four-plus hours a day free of tremors and involuntary movements than they do on medication, ...

A Miami woman with Parkinson's disease is regaining control of her hands and daily life after undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery.

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 procedure came, I like, hopped out of bed," one patient said.

London - The doctors prepared to carry out the brain surgery, their medical tools laid out. Their patient, wide awake on the operating table, was given an instrument of her own: her clarinet, which ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF)-Alzheimer’s disease currently impacts 7 million Americans aged 65 and older, and it’s the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S. According to the Center of Diseases and Prevention ...

The patient programming device used with Medtronic’s deep-brain stimulation therapy. NEW HAVEN — Beginning on Monday, patients with epilepsy will have a new option to reduce the number and severity of ...