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Karyn Spilberg

Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's: one woman's journey

Health: Your Stories - 30/11/2011

A surgically installed "pacemaker" in the brain is helping Karyn Spilberg manage some of the symptoms of the movement disorder Parkinson's disease.

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