Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise in the Most Difficult Cases

by Jamie Talan

There are disorders that defy treatment with prescribed pharmaceuticals: a man s hands shake so hard that he cannot hold anything; a woman is mired in severe inescapable depression. For these patients and others, an alternative is emerging: deep brain stimulation. In this fascinating and timely investigation, well-known science writer Jamie Talan explains a cutting-edge medical development that is surprising and impressing researchers around the world.More...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193259437X
• ISBN13: 9781932594379
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Dana Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"