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Re:Parkinsons patient "feels cured" with new adaptive deep b... by toast0 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @02:27AM (#42862496)
I mean, this feels more like electroshock therapy to me, but that's made a big comeback and is apparently considered relatively safe and somewhat effective.

Bloodletting has some conditions it's actually appropriate for too.

Not sure mercury poisoning is going to turn out to be safe and effective anytime soon, though.

I'm not advocating for this, but if people are going to do it with informed consent, might as well collect proper data to try to determine if it objectively works. Snake oil that works, if it actually works, is something that works.

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Re:Parkinsons patient "feels cured" with new adaptive deep b... by fracus on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @01:23PM (#42868987)
The parkinson brain surgeries work. They have proven to have worked. They wouldn't do them if they didn't work. They work almost miraculously. The problem is that Parkinson gets worse, you can't stop it. So the surgeries will work for a specific complaint but new symptoms will eventually arise.
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