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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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