Microamperage stimulation on cranial and other acupuncture meridian has been found to be a very effective method for potentiating neurotherapeutic treatment of a variety of disorders. Stimulation has been found to be particularly useful with disorders that are...
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...
When a new medical treatment comes on line, there is pressure to explain how it works. While CES has been in medical use for more than 60 years (it came into being as “electrosleep” in Europe in 1953), there has been no definitive, settled explanation of its mechanism...
Depleted supplies of "feel good" transmitters means it will be impossible for you to feel happy, upbeat, motivated or on track. You will feel just the opposite: A decrease in energy and interest, feelings of worthlessness and a pervasive sense of helplessness to...
"Why do some people age more 'successfully' than others?" UC Berkeley researchers think sleep is one of the factors. As people get older, they sleep less and wake up more frequently. But does that mean older people just need less sleep? Not according to UC Berkeley...
Neurotransmitters are the brain chemicals that communicate information throughout our brain and body. They relay signals between nerve cells, called “neurons.” The brain uses neurotransmitters to tell your heart to beat, your lungs to breathe, and your stomach to...
It is perhaps time to set the record straight about transcranial direct current stimulation, commonly known as tDCS and the sudden rush to embrace this new technology. There is a serious misunderstanding which should be done away with at the outset. tDCS is not ECT (...
Electro-therapy got its start during the days of the Roman Empire when Greek physicians had their patients stand on electric torpedo fish as a step to improve health in the first century AD. Scribonius Largus wrote: For any type of gout a live black torpedo should,...
The tech sector is likewise witnessing an unprecedented explosion in brain-related technology, both in the amount of dollars invested as well as the variety of novel applications developed—ranging from car-based sensors detecting and minimizing inattentive driving, to...
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 By Dr. Joan Matthews-Larson and Mark Matthews Note: The Health Pax CES unit mentioned prominently in the article is an earlier version of the CES Ultra which has the exact same configurations as its predecessor. One of the most important, but...