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Deep Brain Stimulation May Help Improve Driving Ability of People with Parkinson's Disease
Dec 25, 2013Deep brain stimulation might help improve the driving ability of people with Parkinson's disease, a new German study suggests. A deep brain stimulator is an implanted device that sends electrical impulses to the brain. With patients who ...
Tags: deep brain stimulation, driving ability, Parkinson's disease
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FDA Approved The First Device Aimed at Easing The Pain of Migraines
Dec 25, 2013The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first device aimed at easing the pain of migraines preceded by aura -- sensory disturbances that occur just before an attack. About a third of migraine sufferers experience auras. ...
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First Device to Treat Migraine Pain Is Preceded by a Disturbance Called an Aura
Dec 25, 2013The first device to treat migraine pain when the headache is preceded by an often-visual disturbance called an aura has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Cerena Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (TMS) is held to ...
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FDA Has Allowed Marketing of The Cerena Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator
Dec 15, 2013The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed marketing of the Cerena Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator, a device to relieve pain caused by migraines. Christy Foreman, director of the Office of Device Evaluation in the FDA's Center for ...
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CE Mark Is Won by Boston Scientific Vercise Deep Brain Stimulator
Dec 17, 2012The European Union (EU) has granted CE mark to Boston Scientific's deep brain stimulator to treat Parkinson's disease. The Vercise deep brain stimulator, which includes multiple independent current control, uses electrical signals to ...
Tags: Parkinson, Vercise, deep brain stimulator, Wurzburg neurology department
