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FDA OKs Brain Pacemaker for Depression
Duke Machesne writes "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."
Yeah, but most people ignore the fact that the side effects they list happen in less than X% of patients, where X is usually less than 10. Comedians like to overlook this and make jokes as though if you took a pill, you'd get every side effect (when in fact you're often going to get no side effects at all, or something small like 'dry mouth')
Here's a hint to solve depression:
Stop binge drinking yourselves to death you dumb Americans.
Alcohol is a bypass way to feed your brain some of the chemicals that it normally regulates, most notably some chemical that regulates mood. If you use alcohol, your brain stops producing that shit. Consequentially you become "depressed". I'm willing to bet some money on whether or not Alcohol industry invests in the manufacturing of this "serenity device". (If you've seen the sneak peak of Serenity, you totally appreciate this story and the responses).
Note to idiot country: drink more like the europeans and less like the rednecks that taught you this stupid hobby passed from wandering lonely whiskey guzzling ancestors.
In general America, for a reality check look at other countries and if you can't do it, buy a George Carlin CD and let him do it for you. Example: Bulemia is NOT a real disease. Notice how it's not as popular these days as in the 80s when the ideal for beauty was thinner than it is now (Thank god for that, keep it up busty ladies). Ok, enough of my ranting, this country's going to shit anyway and I'm moving to the moon soon, so good luck America.
If your mind is scared, your adrenaline level is increased. Disease too? Are you going to inject something to counter adrenaline instead of using logic or emotions to calm down your software? The same happnes with depression, to treat it properly you have to find the problem in human software. These changes in blood only reflect the situation in the mind.