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A new tool to model peripheral nerve stimulation rapidly discovered optimal electrical waveforms (white traces) which, when delivered through the metal contacts of a cuff electrode placed on the vagus ...

Early British trials of a device that blocks pain with electrical pulses to treat sleep apnea have shown it to be a cheap and effective alternative to the conventional CPAP machine shown here. File ...

Ramsay Health Care’s The Cairns Clinic has started using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) as a treatment for depression in patients who have not responded to conventional medicines. It is the ...

A study reveals that the effectiveness of brain stimulation on motor skills is determined by an individual's learning ability rather than age, highlighting the need for a more personalized approach to ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Millions of Americans struggle with mental illness every day, and the month of May—National Mental Health Awareness Month—aims to recognize that struggle. According ...

LONDON, Aug. 3 (UPI) --A battery-powered device often utilized during childbirth that uses electrical impulses to block pain signals was found to improve breathing in patients with obstructive sleep ...