Magnetic Brain Stimulation Shows Promise Against Eating Disorders

Magnetic Brain Stimulation Shows Promise Against Eating Disorders

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The treatment prompted measurable symptom improvement among half of those in the group, and the finding raises hopes for an alternative way to battle tough-to-treat eating disorders. "The upshot is … While prescription drugs and behavioral therapy …
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FDA cracks down, finally, on painkillers

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Fourteen years have passed since Ronald Dougherty, a doctor and addiction specialist, noticed something odd at his clinic in suburban Syracuse, N.Y.: More patients were addicted to legal drugs than to illegal narcotics. He petitioned the federal …
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New Testing Approach Differentiates Normal Memory Loss from Alzheimer's

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Recent failures of drugs in late-stage clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease have been a real blow, he said, but new treatments are being developed. The new way of reading existing test … A visit to a specialist comes only after someone has noticed …
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Law enforcement addresses rising use of heroin

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To read “Deadly Doses,” the Gannett Wisconsin Media Investigative Team's special report chronicling Wisconsin's growing heroin problem, go to postcrescent.com/iteam. More. Winnebago County authorities know they can't attack the growing … At the …
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