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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
March 2006
Samuel K. Moore |
Psychiatry's Shocking New Tools Electronic implants and electromagnetic pulses are picking up where psychoactive drugs have failed. |
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
May 2, 2005
Kate Murphy |
Easing Depression Without Drugs Doctors are trying therapies, from implants to herbs, that can cut down on side effects. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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 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 |
Nursing
April 2008
Kathryn Murphy |
Shedding the burden of depression & anxiety Learn about types of depression and available treatments. |
Bio-IT World
July 2005 |
DBS Model Full color illustrations of a deep brain stimulation system using a pulse generator in the chest and four electrodes in the brain. |
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. |
Chemistry World
August 3, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
Nanoparticles and ultrasound team up to treat tumors A new, non-invasive method to deliver drugs to the brain has been developed by Taiwanese researchers. |
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. |
Chemistry World
April 2008
Derek Lowe |
Column: In the Pipeline The recent row over antidepressants reminds us how little we know about the brain. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
AskMen.com
January 6, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Dealing With Depression Clinical depression is an illness characterized by a cluster of feelings, thoughts and behaviors that are strikingly different from a person's normal range of feeling and functioning... |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2002 |
Depression in Women Is depression common in women?... What are the symptoms?... What causes depression?... Symptoms of Depresssion... How is depression treated?... Are antidepressants safe for any woman with depression?... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2003
Paul Eisenstein |
World's Most Powerful Magnet The "magnetar," or magnetic neutron star known as Soft Gamma Repeater 1806-20, is the most powerful known magnetic object in the universe. While it's unlikely anything man-made will ever come close to the power of a magnetar, it's not for lack of trying. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2002 |
Depression What is depression?... What causes depression?... How is depression diagnosed?... How is depression treated?... What about suicide?... |
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. |
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? |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2001
Thomas P. Guck |
Assessment and Treatment of Depression Following Myocardial Infarction Depression is an independent risk factor in the development of and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy persons... |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
Northstar Flickers The medical device company has enough financial resources to bring its studies to fruition, and it's making progress with its pipeline. At this point, Northstar is not a sure thing for investors, but it's energetically charting the course that will ultimately determine its position. |
Technology Research News
July 13, 2005 |
Magnetics Drives Particle Patterns Researchers have devised a way to use electric and magnetic fields to assemble magnetic microparticles into a wide variety of patterns, including clusters, rings, chains and networks. |
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... |
Technology Research News
December 31, 2003 |
Shape key to strong sensors Researchers have found a possible explanation for why a pair of semiconducting compounds -- mixes of silver and selenium or tellurium -- are strong magnetic sensors over a wide range of magnetic field strengths. |
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. |
Technology Research News
July 30, 2003 |
See-through magnets hang tough Researchers from the Independent University of Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Zaragoza in Spain have found a way to form transparent, durable, lightweight magnets that maintain their magnetism in magnetic fields and high temperatures. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Working Out At The Brain Gym A new form of fitness is being offered in a different kind of gym -- a gym for the mind. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Kathy Gornik |
Short Coil/Long Gap Thiel's short coil/long gap driver technology is heard by the listener as cleaner, clearer sound reproduction that does not disappoint for ease, naturalness and effortlessness. |
PC Magazine
September 27, 2006 |
But Can It Flip People Off? This robotic hand can play against you in a game of rock-paper-scissors. |
