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>- deep brain stimulation: hundreds of upvotes here on stories about this, but then when studies come out showing that it it no better than placebo that story g

by Laforet 11y ago

>- deep brain stimulation: hundreds of upvotes here on stories about this, but then when studies come out showing that it it no better than placebo that story gets 3 upvotes on HN. I had no idea DBS is no better than placebo, do you have a source to back it up?

cpncrunch 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10447589 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10447589
- Laforet 11y ago
  Thanks for the link. I assumed that you were commenting on DBS for Parkinsonism and was a bit surprised to find people say a proven therapy does not work.