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Archive for October, 2011

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Fighting Depression with Magnetic Stimulation Christopher Wall, M.D. “Pain Improvement in Adolescents Receiving Adjuvant rTMS for the Treatment of Refractory Depression” What treatment should be used when medication and therapy aren’t enough for a depressed patient? Christopher Wall, M.D., says using magnets to stimulate the brain is one option. The noninvasive technique, called transcranial magnetic stimulation, sends magnetic pulses into areas of the brain where depression lives. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the mood-boosting method for adults, and

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