All posts tagged 'deep brain stimulation'

‘Brain Pacemakers’ Tested To Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on January 21st, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

With research on Alzheimer’s drugs suffering recent setbacks, scientists are trying a new tack with the disease: deep brain stimulation, namely mild electrical shocks to the brain, according to the Associated Press. http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/187650581.html Ohio State University is doing a study of what AP called “brain pacemakers” for Alzheimer’s. Several dozen..
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FDA approves brain-zapping device to relieve OCD

Posted on February 19th, 2009 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 2/19/2009 By MATTHEW PERRONEAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Patients suffering from obsessive, distressing thoughts have a new treatment option: a pacemaker-like device that relieves anxiety with electrical jolts to the brain. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Medtronic’s Reclaim Deep Brain Stimulator device as the first..
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