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DBS treatment may slow the progression of Parkinson's tremor in early-stage patients

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may slow the progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease patients, according to a new study. Analysis of data from a clinical trial conducted at Vanderbilt ...
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Benefit of DBS for Essential Tremor Fades Over Time

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can be an effective treatment for severe refractory essential tremor but new research suggests its efficacy fades over time. In a small study that followed patients for up ...
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Lourdes Hospital is the only mission hospital that performs Deep Brain Stimulation: Dr. Sreeram Prasad, HOD, Neurology, Lourdes Hospital

The DBS treatment was started in the late 1990s on a patient in France who had Parkinson's disease with motor fluctuations and disability. Since then, the indications for and technology of DBS have ...
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DBS Shows Promise in Early-Stage Parkinson's

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Right-side deep brain stimulation may preserve verbal fluency in Parkinson’s patients

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham studied the impact of unilateral DBS on verbal fluency in Parkinson’s patients. Findings showed that electrode implants in the left hemisphere of ...
Medscape

Long-term DBS Linked to Less Psychosis, Falls in Parkinson's

LISBON, Portugal — Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have less risk for psychosis and falls 10 years after undergoing deep-brain stimulation (DBS) compared with controls not receiving this ...
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Q&A: Removing barriers to access key to expansion of DBS surgery for Parkinson’s

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Offering asleep or awake DBS aims to provide PD patients choice, impetus for choosing DBS therapy sooner.
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First randomized controlled trial of DBS for chronic pain shows promise

CLEVELAND - Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral striatum/anterior limb of the internal capsule is safe and feasible in addressing the affective component of pain in patients with post-stroke ...
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Walker appointed Susan and Rodney Barstein Endowed Faculty Scholar in Parkinson’s Disease

Harrison Walker, M.D., professor in the UAB Department of Neurology, was recently appointed as the Susan and Rodney Barstein Endowed Faculty Scholar in Parkinson’s Disease. The position was ...
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DBS may slow progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may slow the progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease patients, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study released in the June 29 online ...
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DBS treatment may slow the progression of Parkinson's tremor in early-stage patients

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may slow the progression of tremor for early-stage Parkinson's disease patients, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study released in the June 29 online ...