With the increasingly stressful lifestyle there is also rise in other types of disorders such as anxiety and sleep disorders. With the lack of sufficient treatments that address these disorders, cranial electrotherapy stimulation comes as an innovative and required...
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Great Neuroscience Discoveries of 2018
2018 was when neuroscience made the impossible possible. Here are four neuroscience findings from 2018 that still blow our minds as we kick off the New Year. Electrical implant restores walking in paralyzed patients 2018 was, without doubt, a breakthrough year for...
The Science of Stress
Long before scientists began shedding light on how our minds and bodies actually affect one another, an intuitive understanding of this dialogue between the body and the emotions, or feelings, emerged and permeated our very language: We use “ sick” as a grab-bag term...
Laughter is the Best Medicine
Laughter decreases stress hormones and increases immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies, thus improving your resistance to disease. Laughter triggers the release of endorphins, the body's natural feel-good chemicals. Endorphins promote an overall sense of...
Weird and Wonderful World of Sleep Technology
These gadgets aren’t just tracking your sleep — although many of them do that, too. Some are designed to help you fall asleep more quickly by calming your brain or making your environment more conducive to rest. This bean-shaped Somnox Sleep Robot is about the size of...
Brain Stimulation Therapies for Mental Health
Alternatives to Drugs in the Treatment of Depression It’s estimated that around 30 percent of people with depression don’t respond to typical antidepressants. This is known as treatment-resistant depression. An important alternative which can be life-changing is brain...
Rock with CES. A Perspective from 35 Years Ago.
Throughout the winter and spring of 1981, British music circles reverberated with news of Pete Townshend's repeated transgressions. The lead guitarist and chief composer for the Who rock band was said to be drinking his breakfast and popping pills as if they were...
Do You Need a Brain Implant?
How far would you go to keep your mind from failing? Would you go so far as to let a doctor drill a hole in your skull and stick a microchip in your brain? It’s not an idle question. In recent years neuroscientists have made major advances in cracking the code of...
The Cost of a Good Night’s Sleep: Would You Pay $90,000 ? Do You Have To?
Actually not all $90,000 but a little less - $89,995.00. This is exactly the price of a Nap Capsule that you can buy from its manufacturer Relaxman from Medirelax on amazon. If you are a student you can get a big 45% discount - if you are buying it from Boston News....
Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis
A completely new method of treating rheumatoid arthritis that does not involve drugs may be on the horizon. In 2016, a team of researchers from several countries, including the U.S., reported that stimulating the vagus nerve with an electrical pulse appeared to...