{"id":134526,"date":"2025-01-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=134526"},"modified":"2025-01-30T06:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T11:34:27","slug":"bbc-parkinsons-patient-feels-cured-with-new-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=134526","title":{"rendered":"(BBC) Parkinson&#8217;s patient &#8216;feels cured&#8217; with new device"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man fitted with a pioneering, computer-controlled brain implant to tackle his Parkinson&#8217;s disease says it works so well he is sometimes able to forget he has the condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A small computer inserted into Kevin Hill&#8217;s chest wall 12 months ago is connected to wires running into the brain which can send electrical signals and an update means it can now read his brain activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 65-year-old from Sunderland said it has been so successful he feels like he has &#8220;been cured&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surgeons in Newcastle hope an adapted version of the deep brain stimulation system will have a &#8220;huge impact&#8221; on the quality of life of patients with the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ckgn49r069wo\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Quite remarkable!<br>Parkinson&#39;s patient &#39;feels cured&#39; with new device <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VIr6NX9YRf\">https:\/\/t.co\/VIr6NX9YRf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Roger Harrop (@TheCEOexpert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCEOexpert\/status\/1884302583184949546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man fitted with a pioneering, computer-controlled brain implant to tackle his Parkinson&#8217;s disease says it works so well he is sometimes able to forget he has the condition. A small computer inserted into Kevin Hill&#8217;s chest wall 12 months<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=134526\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-medicine","category-science-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134526"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134530,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134526\/revisions\/134530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}