Deep Brain Stimulation

• A pacemaker for your brain? It helped one woman with her crippling depression

  Researchers say the treatment could eventually help many of the nearly three million Americans like her with depression that resists other treatments.

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  Feb 21, 2024
  
• Canada first: London, Ont. hospital performs deep brain surgery with robot assistance

  The surgery helps treat seizures caused by epilepsy, one of the most common neurological disorders in the world as it affects roughly 300,000 Canadians.

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  Jun 14, 2023
  
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• B.C. government reducing Parkinson’s surgery wait times but patients still waiting for consultations

  The B.C. government has hit its target of more than doubling Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) treatments for Parkinson's disease even though wait times to receive a consultation remain long.

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  Feb 11, 2020
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• When Life Gives You Parkinson’s podcast: What is deep brain stimulation?

  It's an invasive procedure which implants electrodes deep in the brain. So what are the benefits of DBS?

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  Oct 31, 2019
• When Life Gives You Parkinson’s podcast: Keep calm and research on

  In this episode, Larry Gifford speaks with World Parkinson Congress ambassador David Sangster ahead of his DBS surgery and Dr. Simon Stott about his research.

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  Apr 3, 2019
• First Canadian child receives deep brain stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy

  Doctors at SickKids hope deep brain stimulation — a Canadian pediatric first — will lessen Andi Dreher's seizures and improve her quality of life.

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  Dec 13, 2018
• This surgery can change the life of Parkinson’s sufferers. In B.C., it comes with a 2-year wait

  "This is a disease of the elderly, so there's only a finite amount of time when you can enjoy this benefit, and that window is closing over two years."

  Apr 2, 2018
• Kelowna man with Parkinson’s sees drastic improvement after brain surgery

  A Kelowna man who has spent years watching his Parkinson's symptoms worsen is now seeing improvement, after undergoing an innovative treatment.

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  Sep 8, 2017
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• Parkinson’s fundraising walk a major source of money for research

  About 1,500 Okanagan residents live with Parkinson's Disease and not all treatments work for each patient, according to local neurologist Dr. Daryl Wile.

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  Sep 8, 2017