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Electroshock therapy still in vogue despite criticism

Leena Komarraju — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:04:17 +0000

According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) estimations it has been observed that ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) or Electroshock has been used in Canada to treat severely depressed patients more than 15,000 times in 2007....

Can Electrode Implants in Brain treat Brain Disorders?

Jolly — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:46:39 +0000

A team of Neurologists at New York have treated a patient suffering from severe brain damage by implanting tiny electrodes in the brain in a treatment known as Deep Brain Stimulation or DBS. Since then the technique has been emerging as a...

Vagus Nerve Stimulators may reduce depression

Pratyush — Wed, 31 May 2006 06:32:25 +0000

If no treatment is helpful to fight depression, a brain implant may help. But it can take long duration to show the benefits of the implant. According to the researchers of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the vagus...