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IEEE Spectrum
May 2005
Samuel K. Moore |
Zapping Away The Blues Cyberonics Inc. plans to introduce the first implanted device that can treat a psychiatric illness.   |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2008
Samuel K. Moore |
U.S. Regulators Approve Magnetic Stimulation Device for Depression Neuronetics' repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation wins long battle for FDA approval. Questions remain about whether insurers will pay for it |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2012
Samuel K. Moore |
Electromagnetic Depression Treatment Nears Approval Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation adds to psychiatry's arsenal of electronic remedies |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
Michael Arndt |
Rewiring The Body First came pacemakers. Now exotic implants are bringing new hope to victims of epilepsy, paralysis, depression, and other diseases. And some of the biggest names in health care are in a scramble to get into the market. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Kate Murphy |
Easing Depression Without Drugs Doctors are trying therapies, from implants to herbs, that can cut down on side effects. |
Salon.com
October 3, 2000
Andreas Killen |
Magnetic headbangers It sounds like science fiction, but the stimulation of an electrified paddle may be enough to end your blues... |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
Michael Arndt |
"Pacemakers" for the Rest of You Slews of tiny devices that deliver electrical stimulation to a wide variety of organs should soon become available. |
Fast Company
April 2004
Scott Kirsner |
Fantastic Voyage Cyberonics' medical implant is the size of a chocolate-chip cookie, and it could be worth $2.8 billion someday. But as this dramatic tale of innovation and entrepreneurship shows, saving lives can be one tough business. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
Morgen E. Peck |
Researchers Testing New Electric Treatment for Migraines A small DC current through the skull seems to interrupt the headaches and may even prevent them |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2008
Morgen E. Peck |
A Chip to Better Control Brain Stimulators for Parkinson's Michigan engineers are developing a closed-loop deep-brain stimulation device for Parkinson's disease that would listen to the brain while stimulating it |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2011
Arundhati Parmar |
FDA Allows Expansion of St. Jude Study to Treat Severe Depression St. Jude moves forward with treatment for depression. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Cyberonics' Depression Zapper Medical technology company gets a much-needed boost from the FDA. |
Wired
March 2007
Steven Gulie |
A Shock to the System To slow the progress of Parkinson's disease, doctors planted electrodes deep in my brain. Then they turned on the juice. |
Nursing
April 2008
Kathryn Murphy |
Shedding the burden of depression & anxiety Learn about types of depression and available treatments. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2011
Samuel K. Moore |
Teaching Machines About Madness Software rivals doctors at distinguishing among different kinds of depression and schizophrenia |
Popular Mechanics
June 2008
Elizabeth Svoboda |
10 High-Tech Health Breakthroughs Coming Soon to Your Body Scientists reveal their research on future medical technology devices and alternative medicine delivery systems. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2007
Morgen E. Peck |
Deep-Brain Stimulators for Parkinson's Disease Increase Impulsive Decision Making Electronic brain implants make it harder to decide what's better than good. |
Wired
August 2001
Jennifer Kahn |
Let's Make Your Head Interactive The Human Brain Project is combining wet anatomy with next-gen scanning, imaging, and networking to give neuroscience a revolutionary new tool -- the globally accessible online mind... |
Reason
October 2005
Maia Szalavitz |
In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so. |
Chemistry World
July 25, 2012
Nina Notman |
Tracking Chemical Changes in the Brain New insight into how deep brain stimulation works could improve treatments for neurological diseases. |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005 |
Dr. Oesterle's Stimulating Work Medtronic's chief medical officer, Dr. Stephen N. Oesterle, discusses the progress and potential of using "implanted pulse generators" to treat chronic ailments. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Logan Ward |
Your Upgrade Is Ready Evolution has done its best, but there's a limit to our bodies capabilities. Wanna be Superman? Better call the engineers. |
Managed Care
September 2005
Thomas Morrow |
Dual-Treatment Approach to Parkinson's Disease The treatment of Parkinson's disease is complicated. Patients may benefit from a dual approach that uses medical therapy with new innovative treatment systems. |
Chemistry World
June 2011 |
Breaking through the barrier Getting drug molecules into the brain means crossing the defensive blood-brain barrier. Anthony King investigates how chemists are infiltrating the brain's fortress |
Wired
September 2006
Gary Greenberg |
Back From the Dead A small but passionate group of doctors say that electricity applied deep in the brain can jolt patients out of irreversible comas. That's when the real problems begin. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Melinda Wenner |
A Few Transcranial Zaps and You're a Happy Genius A new technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation may let neuroscientists listen to the conversations between cells in your brain. |
Science News
Nathan Seppa |
Book Review: Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise In The Most Difficult Cases By Jamie Talan / Science News Jamie Talan describes brain surgery aimed at addressing movement disorders and zeros in on deep-brain stimulation, a cutting-edge treatment in which doctors implant electrodes. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Schoenbach et al. |
Zap Extreme voltage could be a surprisingly delicate tool in the fight against cancer. The list of effects that scientists have achieved using nanoseconds-long pulses is growing rapidly, though their actual use as a medical treatment is still years away. |
Chemistry World
February 26, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
Q and A: Do Antidepressants Work? A widely-reported analysis of clinical trial data for Prozac and related antidepressant drugs has claimed that the medicines work little better than chemically-inactive placebos in all but the most severely depressed patients. |
Nursing
September 1, 2007
Mary Unruh Fagley |
Taking Charge of Seizure Activity Learn what happens during a seizure when the brain's electric signals go awry and how you can help someone plagued by the disturbing effects. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011
Madeline Drexler |
Mark Bear: Charting New Waters Bear has applied his discoveries in brain plasticity to understanding fragile X syndrome, an inherited form of mental impairment. |
Wired
May 19, 2008
Daniel Carlat |
Brain Scans as Mind Readers? Don't Believe the Hype Can Spect scans of the brain really show our mind in action, or are we allowing ourselves to be seduced by images that may actually tell us very little? |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2013
Ben Comer |
Top Medical Innovations for 2014 At the conclusion of the Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovations Summit each year, 10 innovative technologies are unveiled before the audience, and designated as new and revolutionary tools for the treatment of disease and disability. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Nothing Depressing Cyberonics Cyberonics Gets FDA nod; shareholder Boston Scientific gets a portfolio boost. |
ifeminists
November 17, 2004
Byron Fraser |
Review: Your Drug May Be Your Problem Excerpts from the book Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications by Peter Breggin and David Cohen delineating the adverse effects of these medications and how to stop taking them. |
Managed Care
May 2005 |
Microcircuit Devices Deliver Considerable Relief From Chronic Pain Recent advances in pain relief revolve around longer-lasting implantable devices. Can managed care afford not to have a pain management strategy? |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
Carol Marie Cropper |
A Cloud Over Antidepressants Do some popular drugs cause suicidal behavior in teens? |
American Family Physician
July 1, 2001
Selim R. Benbadis |
Advances in the Treatment of Epilepsy Significant advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy over the past decade... |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2004
Birrer & Vemuri |
Depression in Later Life: A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge Depression in elderly persons is widespread, often undiagnosed, and usually untreated. Because there is no reliable diagnostic test, a careful clinical evaluation is essential. |
Chemistry World
October 26, 2011
Kate McAlpine |
Dismissing gatekeepers for enhanced nerve control US researchers have invented a better way to stimulate or block nerve impulses by coating an electrode with a membrane that can control the local concentration of ions. |
Salon.com
March 9, 2000
Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. |
Kids on drugs A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children. |
Chemistry World
July 3, 2014
Maria Burke |
Renewed focus on dementia checked by drug challenges The risks and barriers for companies working in dementia are huge, but so too, potentially, are the rewards, says Simon Ridley, head of research at Alzheimer's Research UK. |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004 |
The Heart Is Just the Start CEO Art Collins explains how Medtronics is moving into treating spinal injuries, neurological disorders, diabetes, and more. |
Chemistry World
April 2008
Derek Lowe |
Column: In the Pipeline The recent row over antidepressants reminds us how little we know about the brain. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2006
Rupke, Blecke & Renfrow |
Cognitive Therapy for Depression Family physicians usually are the first to diagnose and treat patients with depression. They should inform patients that psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy are valid options, and that cognitive therapy is the most studied psychotherapy. |
AskMen.com
Harold Russell |
Depression & Fatigue A recent study of adults showed fatigue and lethargy to be the most common and debilitating symptoms of depression. This finding could change the way that physicians treat this illness. |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
Virginia Hughes |
A New Approach to Predicting Epileptic Seizures Torrents of data produced by implanted microelectrodes could finally yield a prediction system |
Pharmaceutical Executive
July 1, 2011
Dickmeyer & Rosenbeck |
From Rut to Racetrack Can the pharmaceutical industry deliver on its objective to make cancer a curable, chronic condition? |
Wired
August 2001
John Hockenberry |
The Next Brainiacs If puppetry is the clever mapping of human characteristics onto a nonhuman object, then disability is the same mapping onto a still-human object. Getting good at being disabled is like discovering an alternative platform. Science is bringing us closer to becoming puppet masters... |
American Family Physician
November 1, 2006
Lurie et al. |
Seasonal Affective Disorder Patients with seasonal affective disorder have episodes of major depression that tend to recur during specific times of the year, usually in winter. Like major depression, seasonal affective disorder probably is underdiagnosed in primary care settings. |
