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Scientists Reveal Groundbreaking Nerve Simulation Therapy to Treat Severe Depression
The participants were implanted with a pacemaker-like device, under the skin in the chest that stimulated their left vagus nerve.
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Understanding Sleep Apnea: The What, Why And How To Cure
Understanding what sleep apnea is, why it occurs, and the various ways to manage and cure it, can help take steps to improve sleep quality and overall health.
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Tackling Hearing Disability At The Right Age Is The Key; Hope For Those Battling Hearing Loss
The cochlear implant is an electronic device that stimulates the cochlear nerve, picking up sounds with a microphone, processing it, and transmitting the sound to the internal part of the implant.
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Scientists Discover Neurons That May Help Paralysed People Walk Again
After a nerve stimulation breakthrough, people who are completely paralysed can walk again.
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France: 35-Year-Old Man, In Vegetative State Since 15 Years, Regains Consciousness
In France, a 35-year-old man who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years after getting injured in a car accident has, quite miraculously, started to gain consciousness after receiving a treatment based on nerve stimulation.
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Nerve Stimulation Restores Consciousness In Man After 15 Years
A 35-year-old man, who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years after a car accident, has shown signs of consciousness after a nerve stimulator was implanted into his chest, according to a case study.
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Novel Wireless Brain Sensor Helps Paralysed Monkeys Walk
In a first, scientists have successfully restored walking movement in paralysed legs of primates, by implanting a wireless brain sensor to stimulate nerves in the spine responsible for locomotion.
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New Implant To Ease Sleep Apnea
Researchers have developed a new implant device - a pacemaker with a tiny generator and a sensing lead - which instead of using electrical pulses to control abnormal heart rate, uses two wires to stimulate the tongue to help cut sleep apnea.
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Benefits Of Vajrasana: One Pose To Solve All Your Tummy Troubles
It's one of the only pose that can be done on a full stomach and in fact, should be done soon after a heavy meal. Vajrasana facilitates good digestion, brings relief from sciatica and nerve issues.
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Samsung's Entrim 4D Headset Lets You 'Move' in Virtual Reality
At SXSW, Samsung unveiled its new Entrim 4D headhones that will give you the sensation of movement by sending electric signals to a nerve in your ear.
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Nerve stimulation ineffective for back pain
People with chronic low back pain who seek relief with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation or TENS are wasting their time and money.
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Electrical stimulation may ease vaginal pain
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or TENS is a safe and effective treatment for a type of vaginal pain called vestibulodynia.
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Nerve stimulation promising for Alzheimer's
Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve, originating in the brain and branching widely throughout the neck, chest and abdomen, helps Alzheimer's disease.
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Nerve stimulation eases urge incontinence
A nerve stimulation technique appears to be effective and safe treatment for urinary urge incontinence unresponsive to drugs and other conservative therapies.
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Scientists Reveal Groundbreaking Nerve Simulation Therapy to Treat Severe Depression
The participants were implanted with a pacemaker-like device, under the skin in the chest that stimulated their left vagus nerve.
-
Understanding Sleep Apnea: The What, Why And How To Cure
Understanding what sleep apnea is, why it occurs, and the various ways to manage and cure it, can help take steps to improve sleep quality and overall health.
-
Tackling Hearing Disability At The Right Age Is The Key; Hope For Those Battling Hearing Loss
The cochlear implant is an electronic device that stimulates the cochlear nerve, picking up sounds with a microphone, processing it, and transmitting the sound to the internal part of the implant.
-
Scientists Discover Neurons That May Help Paralysed People Walk Again
After a nerve stimulation breakthrough, people who are completely paralysed can walk again.
-
France: 35-Year-Old Man, In Vegetative State Since 15 Years, Regains Consciousness
In France, a 35-year-old man who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years after getting injured in a car accident has, quite miraculously, started to gain consciousness after receiving a treatment based on nerve stimulation.
-
Nerve Stimulation Restores Consciousness In Man After 15 Years
A 35-year-old man, who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years after a car accident, has shown signs of consciousness after a nerve stimulator was implanted into his chest, according to a case study.
-
Novel Wireless Brain Sensor Helps Paralysed Monkeys Walk
In a first, scientists have successfully restored walking movement in paralysed legs of primates, by implanting a wireless brain sensor to stimulate nerves in the spine responsible for locomotion.
-
New Implant To Ease Sleep Apnea
Researchers have developed a new implant device - a pacemaker with a tiny generator and a sensing lead - which instead of using electrical pulses to control abnormal heart rate, uses two wires to stimulate the tongue to help cut sleep apnea.
-
Benefits Of Vajrasana: One Pose To Solve All Your Tummy Troubles
It's one of the only pose that can be done on a full stomach and in fact, should be done soon after a heavy meal. Vajrasana facilitates good digestion, brings relief from sciatica and nerve issues.
-
Samsung's Entrim 4D Headset Lets You 'Move' in Virtual Reality
At SXSW, Samsung unveiled its new Entrim 4D headhones that will give you the sensation of movement by sending electric signals to a nerve in your ear.
-
Nerve stimulation ineffective for back pain
People with chronic low back pain who seek relief with transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation or TENS are wasting their time and money.
-
Electrical stimulation may ease vaginal pain
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or TENS is a safe and effective treatment for a type of vaginal pain called vestibulodynia.
-
Nerve stimulation promising for Alzheimer's
Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve, originating in the brain and branching widely throughout the neck, chest and abdomen, helps Alzheimer's disease.
-
Nerve stimulation eases urge incontinence
A nerve stimulation technique appears to be effective and safe treatment for urinary urge incontinence unresponsive to drugs and other conservative therapies.
