Once the electrodes are implanted, clinicians can control how electrical pulses are delivered to the brain using a battery-run, pacemaker-like device outside the body. By trial and error, doctors figure out what patterns of electrical activity are most likely to help patients while producing the fewest side effects.
OCD is a condition that prompts people to have debilitating and recurring thoughts and compulsive behaviors, such as hand-washing. Read the rest of this entry »
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In California, many women who are planning families pay higher premiums with larger deductibles to secure optional maternity coverage.
At the same time, thousands of other women are guaranteed maternity benefits at no extra charge.
The disparity lies in state law, but attempts to change it are entangled in broader questions, from affordable premiums for individuals to the long-term societal costs of not providing prenatal care.
State Read the rest of this entry »
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In California, many women who are planning families pay higher premiums with larger deductibles to secure optional maternity coverage.
At the same time, thousands of other women are guaranteed maternity benefits at no extra charge.
The disparity lies in state law, but attempts to change it are entangled in broader questions, from affordable premiums for individuals to the long-term societal costs of not providing prenatal care.
State Read the rest of this entry »
The move came three days after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, a Democrat who had been expected to rescind some of the federal funding restrictions placed on such research.
The California biotechnology company plans to initiate a clinical trial in patients with acute spinal cord injury.
“This marks the beginning of what is potentially a new chapter in medical therapeutics – one that reaches beyond pills to a new level of healing: the Read the rest of this entry »
The wide-ranging statute sets new standards for online pharmacies, including the requirement that a patient has to see a doctor and needs a prescription for a controlled substance, which can range from pain killers to some diet drugs, that would be part of a normal course of treatment. Online pharmacies also will have to register with the Drug Enforcement Administration, just like their brick-and-mortar counterparts, once the law goes into effect Read the rest of this entry »
It’s the diet craze sweeping Britain. But LighterLife’s punishing regime has been linked to memory loss, heart attacks and even death.
Sarah Barker weighed 23 stone when she turned in desperation to the seemingly miraculous diet that would transform her life. She wanted to slim for her daughters’ sake.
The 38-year-old science teacher had tried many diets but, like many dieters, she always piled the weight back on.
But LighterLife – the dieting Read the rest of this entry »
, a Cargill company product now being marketed as a natural sweetener made from stevia. Long known as a sugar replacement amongst the natural health and wellness circles, stevia is an herb with a very sweet taste.
For many years the FDA fought against the use of stevia in the United States. These protests came despite its acceptance in other countries, and the studies that suggested using stevia as a sweetener would not adversely effect blood sugar Read the rest of this entry »
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
,
Jan. 6
/PRNewswire/ — iTMP Technology, a
pioneering smartphone hardware and software developer, has introduced SMHEART
LINK, a highly-anticipated new technology that is poised to bring unparalleled
health and fitness capabilities to Apple(R) iPhone and iPod(R) touch users.
iTMP will debut and demonstrate SMHEART LINK and its iPhone fitness apps this
week at Macworld Expo in
.
SMHEART LINK is a wireless bridge Read the rest of this entry »
Mass. says new pot law allows other THC drugs, too
BOSTON (AP) — Guidelines for a new Massachusetts law that ends minor marijuana arrests say the law may also apply to other drugs with the same psychoactive ingredient, such as hashish.
The guidelines obtained Monday by The Associated Press say the law that takes effect Friday ends criminal penalties for possession of an ounce or less of THC — the primary psychoactive ingredient in Read the rest of this entry »
Cairo / PNN – The Embassy of Palestine to the Arab Republic of Egypt told reporters this afternoon that 138 patients had returned to the Gaza Strip over the past 72 hours. For three days Cairo allowed access to Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to return home through the Rafah crossing. All of them have completed their medical treatment in Egyptian hospitals.
Since the siege on the Strip began 18 months ago 260 Palestinians have died awaiting outside Read the rest of this entry »