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First brain pacemaker implanted to treat Alzheimer’s
January 24, 2013 by NewsBot
During a five-hour surgery last October at Kathy Sanford became the first Alzheimer’s patient in the United States to have a pacemaker implanted in her brain. She is the first of up to 10 patients who will be enrolled in a new FDA-approved study.