Parkinson's disease patients are taking control of their life with an app following deep brain stimulation surgery. Greg Smith's tremors came on suddenly and he quickly realized, following a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, that traditional medication wasn't for him. "The medicine just made me feel like a zombie," Smith says. Greg's sister told him about a program at JFK Medical Center -- deep brain stimulation -- with a twist. Patients control the stimulating program through an app, in Smith's case, on an iPod.
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