Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new way to improve walking for patients with Parkinson's disease using deep ...

Deep brain stimulation has been proven to be an effective treatment for reducing the movement-related symptoms of Parkinson’s disease—and Boston Scientific is aiming to up those efficacy levels even ...

An update to the traditional deep brain stimulation device enables adaptive pulses of electricity that help to lessen the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and inform future research University of ...

For Abbott, good things come in tiny packages. The devicemaker’s Liberta RC implant—the smallest rechargeable, remote programming-equipped deep brain stimulation system not just in Abbott’s portfolio, ...

Before his deep brain stimulation procedure, Parkinson’s disease patient Frank Maver could not drive his car or get out of a chair without assistance. After the procedure he says, “my life has ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may be helpful in severe cases of tardive dyskinesia that doesn’t respond to other treatments. Tardive dyskinesia (TD) causes involuntary movements of the tongue, neck, ...

“The only thing I’ll slightly complain about — and it’s very vain — I only wish the batteries in your chest didn’t show up so much,” says Patient 001. There is an intense physicality to deep brain ...

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) can be addressed by the right intervention even in severe, refractory cases. These cases, characterized by involuntary muscle movements, are most often caused by antipsychotics ...

Medicare covers deep brain stimulation (DBS) for eligible people diagnosed with essential tremors or idiopathic Parkinson’s disease to help reduce tremors and improve daily activities. To qualify for ...