A recent People Magazine article featured comedian/actress Sarah Silverman speaking candidly about her bouts with anxiety and depression. It’s an honest and grounded expose of her lifelong travails with mental illness. She even opens up about taking psychotropic, anti-depressant medication, which ha …
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Wireless AI Device Tracks and Zaps the Brain, Takes Aim at Parkinson’s
Zapping the brain with implanted electrodes may sound like a ridiculously dangerous treatment, but for many patients with Parkinson’s disease, deep brain stimulation (DBS) is their only relief. The procedure starts with open-skull surgery. Guided by MRI images, surgeons implant electrodes into deep- …
Teens suffer from migraines
Teens suffer from migraines. A spelled out genus of therapy helps lower the number of migraines and migraine-related disabilities in children and teens, according to a unfamiliar study. The findings afford strong evidence for the use of “cognitive behavioral therapy” – which includes training in cop …
Technology needs a health warning
This week saw the publication of a new report from The Office of National Statistics looking at children’s use of social media. Researchers gathered data on screen use and mental wellbeing from over 20,000 children, parents and teachers. They found a clear association between longer time on social w …
Captain’s Log: Status Update
Depression is a bitch. I’ve been thinking a lot about my life lately. Suicide feels more and more like a viable option as time goes on. People who say they love me and that I love in return keep telling me that it isn’t worth it and that everything will get better soon if I just keep at it. But what …