Everton FC are using an unusual method to get injured players fit again The club has adopted electrical brain wave therapy, which helps pan relief and cuts recovery time Top international football stars are being offered electrical brain wave therapy to speed up their...
Currently, one tool investigators use to determine both underlying psychopathology as well as potential mechanisms of action of various treatments involves functional MRI (fMRI). It was my (Jason Worchel, M.D.) goal to apply this type of investigation to CES. With the...
Kids on Drugs (Thanks to Parents and Doctors) from Liza Volv
CES is the non-drug alternative. So what, exactly do we have against drugs? It’s not only the cost, the addiction, but those all important side effects. So before you get taken in by those slick TV commercials, you might first want to sit back and enjoy this tune by...
A number of studies have been conducted that show a modest connection between childhood ADHD and risk for later substance abuse (Biederman et al., 2006; Lambert & Hartsough, 1998; Mannuzza et al., 1991; Molina, Flory et al., 2007; Molina, Pelham et al.,...
Kulkarni, Arun D. and Smith, Ray B. The Use of Microcurrent Electrical Therapy and Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation in Pain Control. Clinical Practice of Alternative Medicine. 2(2):99-102, 20-1. This open clinical study, conducted by Dr. Kulkarni, an...
CES has an excellent safety record. Published literature in the U.S. and abroad, reports virtually no negative side effects or major contraindications from its use. The National Research Council has deemed CES to be "a non-significant risk modality." Because the only...
Many primary care physicians are stymied and frustrated by the challenge of treating chronic pain. In particular, they face patients with bona fide pain but who also have depression, anxiety, insomnia and substance abuse. With regards to treatment interventions, they...
The Challenge of Psycho-Pharmacology As a practicing psychiatrist, I am constantly struggling with balancing purported efficacy with known risks of somatic interventions. While currently approved interventions have demonstrated efficacy relative to placebo, the rate...
Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation (CES) is the American FDA’s term for what the rest of the world calls “electrosleep.” Modern electrosleep devices originated in Russia in 1953, and arrived in the U.S. ten years later, in 1963,...
