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MAGNETIC FIELDS TEST ON REFLEXES of AUTISM AND ASPERGER SYNDROME
Method may pave way for treatment.
Scientists are trying a new approach to unravel the workings of the autistic brain: the neurological equivalent of banging a patient's knee with a hammer to test reflexes. Instead of a hammer, though, researchers are pressing a flat paddle against patients' heads and creating a magnetic field that triggers brain cell activity. |
MAGNETIC STIMULATION SHOWS PROMISE FOR NON-DRUG TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE Science Daily
A new UCSF study examining the mechanism of a novel therapy that uses magnetic pulses to treat chronic migraine sufferers showed the treatment to be a promising alternative to medication. The therapy is called transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS. Study findings were presented April 29, 2009 during the annual American Academy of Neurology scientific meeting in Seattle. |
HOSPITAL LAUNCHES BRAIN STUDY
Butler Hospital, already a national leader in mental health treatments, wants to help ensure that research continues and even accelerates in the coming years. The hospital recently introduced a groundbreaking depression treatment called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. It uses an electronic device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull to trigger small electrical changes. |
MAGNETIC RESONANCE THERAPY INTRODUCED AT SONNENALP SPA
VAIL, Colorado — The Spa at the Sonnenalp Resort of Vail, Colorado is now offering magnetic resonance stimulation technology, according to Elizabeth Vadney, lead massage therapist at the Sonnenalp Spa. MRS helps enhance the effectiveness of treatments offered in the spa, relieve stress and aid in muscle healing and recovery after exertion, she said. |
WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER PATIENT TREATED FOR DEPRESSION WITH MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS)
Walter Reed Army Medical Center treated its first behavioral health patient yesterday with a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy device. Walter Reed is the first DoD facility to use this technology and one of the first U.S. facilities so far - joining others such as Brown University , Columbia University and Mayo-Rochester - with the equipment and capability. |
NEW MAGNETIC DEPRESSION TREATMENT OFFERS HOPE.
Quiet music is playing in this small room on the fifth floor of Concord Hospital.
It's doctor's office music, designed to calm the anxious patient. That's a good thing, because I've just learned that psychiatrist Karl Lanocha is going to......... |
LISANBY RESEARCH AIDS DEPRESSION TREATMENT
Dr. Sarah Hollingsworth Lisanby.
It excited me, because magnetic stimulation can induce changes in the brain non-invasively. There was a lot of excitement that this might be a very new way of modernizing ECT." Research in the use of TMS to perform a magnetic seizure therapy, a safer version of convulsive therapy, led to international recognition for Lisanby. |
MAGNETIC TREATMENT LIFTS SOME DEPRESSION-
The Washington Post
He gave up his job and, in 2005, moved to Philadelphia, where he signed up for a magnetic-therapy trial at the University of Pennsylvania. Weeks after the treatments began, he said, he awoke one morning and found that his depression had vanished. "It was like a light switch went on and I had my life back," said Newman, who works at the National Institutes of Health in Washington. |
COMA VICTIM ABLE TO SPEAK AGAIN AFTER PIONEERING MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY - Daily Mail
A man who suffered brain damage in a car crash can speak again after doctors waved a magnet against his head while he was in a coma. Although magnetic therapy has been used to treat depression, Parkinson's disease and migraines, it is the first time it has been tried out on coma victims.
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FDA GREEN LIGHT TO TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION FOR DEPRESSION
MedPage Today
One in 20 people suffers from depression. Half of those have an intractable type that will not respond to medicine or talking therapy. The FDA has approved a transcranial magnetic stimulation system (NeuroStar TMS) for treatment of major depressive disorder in adult patients for whom traditional therapies have failed. The device delivers focused, MRI-strength magnetic pulses to the brain. The procedure, typically administered daily for four to six weeks, takes about 40 minutes and is done on an outpatient basis. In a six-week, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of 164 patients with unipolar, non-psychotic, major depressive disorder the device was associated with a statistically significant improvement in symptoms |
EFFICACY OF REPETITIVE MAGNETIC STIMULATION FOR MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
VANCOUVER -- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a safe, noninvasive treatment that can be as effective as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in many patients with major depression, according to research presented here at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) |
NEW STUDY - MAGNETIC SEIZURE THERAPY
George Kirov, MRCPsych, PhD Cardiff University
Quick recovery of orientation after magnetic seizure therapy for major depressive disorder.
Magnetic seizure therapy, in which seizures are elicited with a high-frequency magnetic field, is under development as a new treatment for major depressive disorder. Its use may be justified if it produces the antidepressant effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), coupled with limited cognitive side-effects. |
MAGNETIC TREATMENT FOR TINNITUS
Simply put, tinnitus, also called "ringing in the ears" or "head noise," is the perception of sound in the ears or head where no external source is present.
It affects about 17 percent of Americans, often without an apparent cause. Those who suffer from tinnitus describe hearing different sounds such as ringing, crickets, whooshing, pulsing, ocean waves, buzzing, dial tones, and even music. And many experience this "ringing in the ears" 24 hours a day, seven days a week, causing sleep problems, emotional distress, as well as other problems. |
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MAGNETIC DEVICE FOR MIGRAINE
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
First rigorous test of hand-held magnetic stimulation device shows promise for short-circuiting migraines. Migraine sufferers can take treatment into their own hands by zapping the painful headaches with a hand-held magnetic stimulation device, instead of gulping medication, suggests new data presented at the 50th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society
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***ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS:
NEW STUDY - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) effective in treating severe depression.
There is significant evidence that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is effective in treating severely depressed patients, a new study has found.
HI-TECH THERAPY FOR THE MIND !
Depressed? It's all in the head...
Ashima Handa (name changed) suffers from depression She keeps to herself, is upset if she has to be part of a social gathering and often cries in her room. Popping pills has become a habit but these mood-lifters have a limited effect, and many side-effects. Ashima is a perfect case for repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS). "rTMS is probably the most promising advance in neuro-psychiatry so far," says psychiatrist Sanjay Chugh, who has recently brought the treatment to India.
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MAGNETIC BRAIN BOOSTER
Whether it's hitting the books for exams or extreme situations like combat, lack of sleep often comes at times when we need to perform at our best. Now, as this ScienCentral News video reports, brain researchers studying how sleep deprivation impairs memory have found a potential remedy. Short Video Here Also.
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EXPERIENCING TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION
Med Gadget - British neuroscientists are working on miniaturizing devices that would be able to deliver high tesla fields to produce magnetic stimulation within the brain, a potential therapy for migraines, and other neurological or psychiatric disorders. These new brain stimulators, called DC machines, introduce very weak electrical currents. But like TMS, DC also has the same effect of changing the "excitability" of brain cells, either damping down their....
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MAGNETIC MINDS ABC- News
There's an experimental treatment that could fight fatigue and memory loss.
The concept isn't new. Scientists have known for years that a jolt to a troubled brain can regulate mood. What doctors are now looking at is a gentler alternative using magnetic pulses. As wild as it may sound, this treatment may be more than just a new way to treat mental disorders. It's showing potential to fight fatigue.. And improve memory. ...
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MIGRAINE ZAPPER
HolNews.com
A migraine is a type of headache that causes intense, throbbing pain, usually on one side of the head. Patients may also experience nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light and sound. The symptoms can last from four to 72 hours and, in many cases, are very debilitating.
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***NEW CLINICAL PAPER
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Versus Electroconvulsive Therapy: Efficacy of Treatment in Nonpsychotic Patients With Depression
PHILIP G. JANICAK, M.D., SHEILA DOWD, Ph.D., JEFFREY RADO, M.D., MARY JANE WELCH, A.P.N., LOUIS FOGG, Ph.D.
Chicago, Ill., JOHNNY O’REARDON, M.D. Philadelphia, Pa., DAVID AVERY, M.D.
Seattle, Wash., C. EDWARD COFFEY, M.D. Detroit, Mich., SHIRLENE SAMPSON, M.D.
Rochester, Minn. and NASH BOUTROS, M.D.
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MAGNETIC DEVICE MAY PREVENT MIGRAINES
NEW YORK - Migraine headaches may one day be zapped away with a hand-held magnetic stimulation device, researchers said. Migraine sufferers are thought to have cells in their brain that are more active than in other people, according to Dr. Brian Grosberg, a neurologist at Montefiore Headache Center in New York. "When a migraine trigger is encountered, these neurons or cells fire in a wave and this traveling wave of excitable cells spreads across the surface of the brain and after it spreads there is an area of reduced activity," he said in an interview
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UPDATE ON TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION AS A TREATMENT FOR SYMPTOMS OF AUTISM
June 2007- Several months ago, I wrote an article about new research which seemed to suggest that Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation may alleviate symptoms of autism. To be honest, I initially thought the idea sounded strange. But after considerable research I learned that TMS has been successful in treating depression; that it is used by major medical institutions; and that the treatment's developer, Dr. Manuel Casanova, is well known and respected among major researchers in the field of autism.
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MAGNETIC ATTRACTION WILL PULL YOU THROUGH Irish Times
Much as I'm given to dreaming that I can attract all the things I could wish for, it's never really registered that I'm a magnet. According to this week's experience, Polarity Therapy, you and I are living magnets. We have electromagnetic currents of energy flowing continuously from positive to negative poles.
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MAGNETS MAY OFFER A WAY TO BOOST MENTAL PERFORMANCE NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS Channel 4 News
Scientists have shown that stimulating the brains of mice with a magnetic coil promotes the growth of new neurons. If the effect is confirmed in humans, it could lead to new treatments for age-related memory decline and diseases such as Alzheimer's
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MAGNETIC WAY TO LIFT THE SPIRIT Border Mail
A NEW technique of firing magnetic pulses into the brains of severely depressed people has produced startling successes, researchers say. Melbourne scientists have tested a new therapy on depressed patients who do not respond to standard drug treatment and found half improved markedly
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DEEP SLEEP A MAGNETIC ZAP AWAY....
Global Mail - May - Subscription An electrical device that zaps the brain to induce deep sleep may some day give a whole new meaning to the term "power nap.
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MAGNETIC DEVICE COULD CURE CHRONIC INSOMNIA.
ENGADGET: May - Make no mistake, there's a plethora of devices out there aimed squarely at rudely disrupting your nap, but a technique that utilizes a gaudy head wrap and magnetic pulses could make the process of conking out a whole lot easier
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MAGNETIC FIELD FOUND TO STIMULATE BRAIN CELLS.
The Guardian. May - A magnetic field can stimulate the brain and promote the growth of new nerve cells, scientists have found, raising the possibility of treating conditions linked to neuron death such as Alzheimer's disease, and perhaps one day of enhancing humans' memory capacity.
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MAGNETIC WAY TO LIFT THE SPIRIT
Border Mail-May - A NEW technique of firing magnetic pulses into the brains of severely depressed people has produced startling successes, researchers say. Melbourne scientists have tested a new therapy on depressed patients who do not respond to standard drug treatment and found half improved markedly.
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MAGNETIC BRAIN STIMULATION MAY HELP WOMEN WITH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.
Local doctors may be on the verge of a breakthrough for women who suffer from postpartum depression. It's a treatment that doesn't even require new moms to take a pill. Doctors are using magnets to stimulate the brains of moms who are depressed after giving birth
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MAGNETIC PULSE SEEN AS BOON FOR BRAIN RESEARCH.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is more than just a new way to treat mental disorders. It also allows scientists to probe tiny areas of the human brain to find out what they do. Harvard neurologist Alvaro Pascual-Leone says images from brain scans can't do this. And it's essential for scientists trying to understand how the brain works. "The only way we're able to really disentangle the functions of this very complicated organ is by tapping here or there," Pascual-Leone says. Transcranial magnetic stimulation gives researchers two different ways to tap on parts of the brain.
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