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Electrical brain stimulation plus drug fights depression, study reports

(HealthDay)—Treating major depression safely and affordably is a challenge. Now, Brazilian researchers have found that two techniques often used individually produce better results when used together.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Can nerve stimulation help prevent migraine?

Wearing a nerve stimulator for 20 minutes a day may be a new option for migraine sufferers, according to new research published in the February 6, 2013, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academ ...

Neuroscience created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers conduct deep brain stimulation in Alzheimer's patient

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Florida have performed deep brain stimulation on a patient with Alzheimer's disease as part of a clinical trial studying whether the treatment can slow progression of the ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Medical school gift restriction policies linked to subsequent prescribing behavior

Doctors who graduate from medical schools with an active policy on restricting gifts from the pharmaceutical industry are less likely to prescribe new drugs over existing alternatives, suggests a study published in BMJ today. ...

Medications created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

fMRI study uncovers neural mechanism underlying drug cravings

Addiction may result from abnormal brain circuitry in the frontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls decision-making. Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Molecular Imaging Science in Japan collaborating with colleagues ...

Neuroscience created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Doctors aim to help stroke patients overcome disability by helping rewire their brains

Researchers at the University of Glasgow are hoping to help victims of stroke to overcome physical disabilities by helping their brains to 'rewire' themselves.

Neuroscience created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Marked geographic variation in mental health medication use

(HealthDay)—There is considerable local and regional variation within the United States in the use of antidepressants, antipsychotics, and stimulants, according to a study published online Jan. 7 in Health & ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sacral nerve stimulator helps manage chronic incontinence in children

Incontinence is typically a condition associated with adults; however, many children also struggle with incontinence – bladder, bowel or both. In order to help these children, doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital have ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ohio State implants first brain pacemaker to treat Alzheimer's

During a five-hour surgery last October at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Kathy Sanford became the first Alzheimer's patient in the United States to have a pacemaker implanted in her brain. ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Robot allows 'remote presence' in programming brain and spine stimulators

With the rapidly expanding use of brain and spinal cord stimulation therapy (neuromodulation), new "remote presence" technologies may help to meet the demand for experts to perform stimulator programming, reports a study ...

Surgery created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene testing asthmatic children could lead to better treatment

(Medical Xpress)—Testing asthmatic children for a specific gene could prevent their condition worsening, according to new research by scientists in Dundee and Brighton.

Inflammatory disorders created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New treatment may relieve chronic shortness of breath

People experiencing chronic shortness of breath may soon have a new way to help alleviate their discomfort, according to a Penn State College of Medicine pulmonology researcher.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol hinders recovery from injury, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—A Massey University researcher has found drinking alcohol after suffering a soft tissue injury significantly increases recovery times.

Health created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Infants process faces long before they recognize other objects

(Medical Xpress)—Using brain-monitoring technology, Stanford psychology researchers have discovered that infant brains respond to faces in much the same way as adult brains do, even while the rest of their ...

Neuroscience created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Combination therapy may help decrease sleep apnea symptoms at higher altitudes

For individuals with obstructive sleep apnea traveling to higher altitudes (which may exacerbate symptoms), use of a combination therapy resulted in improvement in symptoms including reduced insomnia and better control of ...

Sleep apnea created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0