A report in England’s Daily Mail mentions “magnetic therapy” — a promising new form of depression treatment that doesn’t involve brain-altering drugs or invasive procedures.
The report cites a study by researchers from the University of California Los Angeles, who tested NeuroStar TMS Therapy. The treatment works by beaming magnetic pulses through the skull, which trigger small electrical charges that spark brain cells.
Tests on more than 300 patients with severe depression ...
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A panel of psychiatrists charged with updating the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM, is being criticized over delays, disorganization and secrecy, the Washington Post reports.
In a report for WABC out of New York, Dr. Jay Aldersberg writes of a major study involving doctors on five continents, which will examine the precise nature of clinical depression.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine describes ventricular septal defect as one or more holes in the wall that separates the right and left ventricles of the heart.
