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  1. Health & Medicine

    Ultrasound aimed at the brain offers new hope for Parkinson’s patients

    A noninvasive treatment called high-intensity focused ultrasound helped relieve the shaking, stiffness and pain that accompany Parkinson’s disease.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Health & Medicine

    New tools may help diagnose Parkinson’s earlier than ever

    From special pens to earwax evaluations, a plethora of emerging diagnostics could one day be a major boon for people with the debilitating disease.

    By Meghan Rosen
  3. Health & Medicine

    What freediving can reveal about human health — and our limits

    The practice of freediving is teaching physiologists how humans stretch their physical and mental limits, which in turn may improve treatments for lung and heart ailments.