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FDA OKs Brain Pacemaker for Depression

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the shocking-developments dept.

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."

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  1. I've been stimulating my gf's vagus nerve for... by GojiraDeMonstah · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    a while now, and it seems to help keep her from being depressed.

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