15 Most Important Medical Discoveries of 2018

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13. Brain implants

For patients suffering from Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease, perhaps one of the worst things they need to deal with is the loss of memory; in Alzheimer’s, it could go to the inability to even recognize your own family! However, thanks to the US Department of Defense, a breakthrough has been made with the help of a pacemaker which utilizes electrical pulses and could improve memories of the users by 15%.

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