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http://www.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/060598/health6_27305.html New procedure offers hope for Parkinson's victims Copyright © 1998 Nando.net/Copyright © 1998 The Associated Press WASHINGTON (June 5, 1998 6:26 p.m. EDT http://www.nando.net) -- Parkinson's disease was rapidly crippling Karen Stephani: She had to use a wheelchair, and muscle spasms in her neck left her head bobbing so wildly that "in a restaurant, food would fall out of my mouth." Exhausted and embarrassed, the once-active 55-year-old seldom left her Minnesota home -- until, desperate, she tried an experimental brain implant. Now Stephani is suddenly so healthy that she's stored away her wheelchair and is dusting off her water skis. <snip> -- Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada [log in to unmask]