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The Magnetic Brain Stimulator Will See You Now - WIRED
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, a technique for treating clinical depression, uses a device placed on a patient’s head that delivers a pulse to the gray matter. Psychiatrists at the American Psychiatric Association meeting here are unabashedly optimistic about its potential for treating tough cases. It’s in the final stages of FDA review, and could come to market as soon as the end of the year.
African bacteria ate holes in girl’s eyes - Edmonton Journal
A British Columbia teenager’s dream trip to Africa turned into a nightmare when bacteria began eating her eyes. Trasey Plouffe, 18, lost her sight three weeks ago and nearly had to have her right eye removed after bacteria destroyed both her corneas.
Electronic Nose May Help Diagnose Asthma - Science Daily
The device contains chemical vapor sensors that react to the presence of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, in a person’s exhaled breath. “A person’s breath contains a mixture of thousands of VOCs that may be used as markers of lung disease,” says researcher Silvano Dragonieri, M.D., of Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
Viagra shown to aid jet-lagged travelers - Reuters
The male impotence drug Viagra may be useful for treating jet lag as well, according to Argentine researchers who gave it to hamsters made to feel like rodent globe-trotters.
Glaxo shares drop on drug worries - BBC
Shares in UK drug giant GlaxoSmithKline have fallen sharply after US research linked its diabetes drug Avandia to a higher risk of heart attacks. Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests the drug, which was approved in 1999, may raise the risk of heart attacks by 43%.
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