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"Don Falk stretched his right arm over his head, past the faint marks where a surgeon sank two wires deep in his brain, to show how uncontrollable tremors in his hand used to slap him awake in the morning.
It was just one of many difficulties he suffered as his Parkinson's disease advanced. Falk had trouble shaving and walking, and his medications caused his head to twitch awkwardly, making him self-conscious in church.
'It's the day-to-day living that is so hard with Parkinson's,' he said.
In May, Falk, 52, started to get better with the help of an emerging class of implantable medical devices called neuromodulators -- tiny machines that stimulate the central nervous system to treat a host of disorders. Analysts say they could be the next big thing for some of the market's hottest medical technology companies.
Of course, the same hurdles that have stood in the way of other medical technologies will have to be overcome, including getting government approvals, securing adequate insurance reimbursements and persuading busy doctors to learn to use the devices..."
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"Don Falk stretched his right arm over his head, past the faint marks where a surgeon sank two wires deep in his brain, to show how uncontrollable tremors in his hand used to slap him awake in the morning.
It was just one of many difficulties he suffered as his Parkinson's disease advanced. Falk had trouble shaving and walking, and his medications caused his head to twitch awkwardly, making him self-conscious in church.
'It's the day-to-day living that is so hard with Parkinson's,' he said.
In May, Falk, 52, started to get better with the help of an emerging class of implantable medical devices called neuromodulators -- tiny machines that stimulate the central nervous system to treat a host of disorders. Analysts say they could be the next big thing for some of the market's hottest medical technology companies.
Of course, the same hurdles that have stood in the way of other medical technologies will have to be overcome, including getting government approvals, securing adequate insurance reimbursements and persuading busy doctors to learn to use the devices..."
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