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Article: JOLTING THE BRAIN; A study in a prestigious medical journal will likely spread the word about a therapy using a Medtronic pacemaker-like device to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease.(BUSINESS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 7, 2009
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Byline: JANET MOORE; STAFF WRITER
People with Parkinson's disease often feel like prisoners in their own bodies -- powerless to control the twitching, jerking and shaking that are common to the disease.
Many of these telltale symptoms are actually caused by drugs used to treat the condition. But a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) indicates that a long-established therapy called deep brain stimulation -- which uses a device made by Fridley-based Medtronic Inc. -- works just as well as drugs in improving Parkinson's patients' quality of life.
The clinical trial, which was sponsored by Medtronic, is ...