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Retired diagnostic radiologist Dr. Brett Parkinson learns he has prostate cancer after a PSA test and chooses robotic-assisted surgery over radiation; the minimally invasive procedure at Intermountain Healthcare helped him recover quickly and return to activities, while he urges men over 50 to stay on top of prostate cancer screening.
Whitney Wilkinson, diagnosed with epilepsy at 12, now uses a responsive neurostimulator brain implant that senses seizures and delivers a millisecond pulse to stop them, greatly improving daily life; Intermountain Healthcare has implanted 100 devices in the last decade. The implant is approved for focal epilepsy, requires initial surgery (about a week in hospital) and battery replacement after roughly 10 years, and reduces seizures by about 75% for many patients, with some regaining driving ability and normal activities.