From Arizona - Deep brain stimulation, a type of brain pacemaker used to stop unwanted body movements in some with Parkinson's disease, may have unwanted side effects. Those who underwent deep brain stimulation showed poor impulse control when compared to those on regular medications. From New York - Medicines used to treat blood pressure ...

I read the very interesting article in last month's Wired describing the writer's experience of getting a brain implant to combat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. I kind of expect that sort of thing in Wired, but a few days later I ran across this first article of a series in the Vancouver Sun about a woman about to go through the whole ...