Not knocking the technology at all, it really can be life-changing for people with Parkinson’s disease. But it’s been around for a while, it was approved in the US by the FDA in the late 90s. A chip is not implanted, but rather electrodes in the brain that connect to the controller elsewhere.

Source: I’m an anesthesiologist who has done the anesthesia for this surgery multiple times, including this morning.

This is so fucking great. I don’t care if it’s spammed everywhere or old news. Parkinson’s jails people in their own bodies and it’s great to see someone break out.

chemical treatment, ie L-dopa, is useless: one develops a tolerance for the drug and increasing drug doses only make it more inefficient. deep brain stimulation is the way. also lack of sex in late life leads to lower dopamine levels, thats why oldies start to shake: one could gift their parent a stripper on their birthday, but u would have to worry about mitigating cardiac troubles if any occured. old age is just a mess: cataract, carcinomas, lower bone mass and frequent fractures, a fucking hell to go through