Study Shows How Magnetic Pulses to Brain Can Ease Depression

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) may be an effective add-on therapy for patients with treatment-resistant depression, study findings presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting indicate.

TMS Effective Adjunct Therapy in Treatment-Resistant Depression

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) may be an effective add-on therapy for patients with treatment-resistant depression, study findings presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting indicate.

Music to Tinnitus Sufferers’ Ears

The new study included dozens of patients who’d had tinnitus for at least a year and underwent “transcranial magnetic stimulation” sessions on 10 consecutive workdays, receiving 2,000 magnetic pulses per session. Tinnitus symptoms were eased for at least six months in half of the patients who received the active treatment...

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: The Next Wave in Pain Treatment?

In TMS, a magnetic field generated outside the head alters circuit activity inside the brain. TMS was approved in 2008 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of major depression, and researchers are investigating TMS for a number of other neurological conditions, including chronic, intractable pain.

Tinnitus Information Day Planned

People who suffer from the condition tinnitus are invited to an information day to learn more about the illness.

Are You Exposing Your Children to an Incurable Lifelong Condition?

You would not allow your child to be exposed to the sun without any sun tan lotion or go to school without a coat in the winter. So why would you let your child attend a school disco without checking the noise levels?