Parkinson Support Group to learn about deep brain stimulation

FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Parkinson Support group will hold their monthly meeting, Friday, Aug. 24, 10 a.m. to noon, in the fellowship hall of Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1620 S. Stage Coach Lane, in Fallbrook. The meetings are held the fourth Friday of each month.

This month, Gina Camardo of Abbott Medical Devices will speak on “Deep Brain Stimulus and New Technologies for Parkinson’s disease.”

“When you first hear the term ‘neuromodulation,’ it may sound like a something from an episode of Star Trek. But there’s no science fiction here. The fast-growing field includes devices that chang...