Thursday, July 21, 2005
FDA OKs Brain Pacemaker for Depression
"On Friday, the FDA approved a new therapy for the severely depressed who have run out of treatment options: a pacemaker-like implant that sends tiny electric shocks to the brain. The Food and Drug Administration's clearance opens Cyberonics Inc.'s vagus nerve stimulator, or VNS, as a potential treatment for an estimated 4 million Americans with hard-to-treat depression - despite controversy over whether it's really been proven to work."
source:http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1657242&tid=191&tid=14
source:http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/21/1657242&tid=191&tid=14
# posted by dark master : 7/21/2005 03:09:00 PM
