"Brain pacemaker" offers new hope to Alzheimer's patients - CBS News

"Brain pacemaker" offers new hope to Alzheimer's patients - CBS News: A surgical procedure may offer new hope for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease, according to scientists at Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins researchers recently implanted the same brain pacemaker that has been used to effectively treat tens of thousands of patients with Parkinson's disease in a patient with Alzheimers.