Marc Gauthier had trouble getting up from a chair. His steps were small and shaky and he would fall five or six times a day. His Parkinson's disease had gotten so bad he couldn't be left alone. The ...

Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...

St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude Medical earned Food and Drug Administration approval for its BurstDR stimulation technology, a physician-developed form of spinal cord stimulation used to treat patients ...

A man in France who watched his mobility decline for three decades due to Parkinson’s disease has new pep in his step thanks to an experimental spinal cord implant that stimulates the nerves to help ...

In a groundbreaking pilot study, researchers have found evidence that spinal cord stimulation could potentially benefit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image from video provided by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences shows Doug McCullough, who has spinal muscular ...

(CNN) — Marc Gauthier can now step into an elevator without his body stiffening and freezing in place. He can take a 3-mile lakeside stroll without stopping. He can stand up out of a chair with ease.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Real-time insights reveal BIOTRONIK Neuro's remote monitoring with remote programming led to high rates of therapy use ...

In a move to provide advanced solutions for chronic pain sufferers, OrthoNebraska is now offering minimally invasive spinal cord stimulation. This treatment delivers electrical impulses to the spinal ...

A man who lived with chronic pain for years says he may have gotten the best Christmas present of all. Jeffrey Hardick remembers the day his life changed in 2001. "I was lifting sheet metal, and I got ...