Placing an electrode array in patients’ lower backs ... If doctors can pinpoint how and why, they could apply the therapy to more kinds of paralysis, and someday, maybe even regenerate damaged ...

It requires doctors to drill holes in the skull and to implant electrodes permanently within the brain, and so it will never be anyone's first choice for therapy. If further testing pans out ...

One new therapy discussed Friday at the annual meeting ... involves the insertion of a thin electrode deep in the brain. The electrical current has been shown to reduce OCD symptoms by about ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the safest and most effective treatments available for depression and bipolar disorder. Electrodes are placed on your scalp and a finely controlled ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), sometimes colloquially referred to as “electroshock therapy,” is a non-invasive procedure, conducted under anesthesia, in which electrodes placed on the ...

Deep brain stimulation - implanting electrodes deep in the brain - could ... Researchers say further, larger studies are needed before the therapy could be considered more widely.

Emily Hollenbeck struggled with recurring depression, comparing it to a gravitational force that made even moving difficult. In pursuit of relief, she opted for an experimental treatment referred ...

In a significant advancement for hand rehabilitation, researchers from Zhengzhou University have introduced a non-hand-worn, ...

About one third of men over the age of 50 and half of those over 70 suffer from the effects of an enlarged prostate gland. From the age of 30, a man’s prostate can begin to enlarge as a natural ...

During bioelectric therapy, several small, flat rubber adhesive discs (called electrodes) are applied to your skin at prescribed areas to be treated. Sometimes rubber suction cups (called vaso ...