I used to spill hot drinks and couldn’t even go into the kitchen,” says Kevin Hill, describing life before his new brain implant. Today, the 65-year-old Sunderland resident rides his bike, plays snooker with friends, and sometimes forgets he has Parkinson’s disease “for days and days.” This remarkable change comes from a device called Brainsense – a small computer in the chest that connects to the brain. It’s about the size of a Jaffa Cake, connected to a brain implant no bigger than a grain of rice. When symptoms occur, it automatically sends electrical signals to control them, adjusting the … Continue reading Parkinson’s Tremors Halted by New Brain Implant