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New Parkinson’s treatment could help millions manage symptoms


The emerging therapy is a quantum leap from earlier treatments, approved by the FDA in 1997. In both, currents from a battery-powered neurostimulator in the chest are sent to two electrodes in the brain via wires extending up the neck, behind the ear, and into the head.

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