Deep Brain Stimulation as Depression Treatment 273
Neopallium writes "Medtronic, today announced its intentions to pursue a major clinical trial of the company's deep brain stimulation (DBS) technology in the treatment of severe and intractable depression, a disabling form of the psychiatric disorder affecting millions of people worldwide. "While not a cure, DBS has allowed these patients to return to much more functional and happy lives," said Dr. Rezai, who represented an international working group of physicians that has been studying the application of DBS therapy in the treatment of intractable depression and OCD in collaboration with Medtronic."
Uh... so in other words (Score:1, Funny)
Stimulating (Score:5, Funny)
It would work for me (Score:5, Funny)
Too late.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Unexpected side-effects (Score:5, Funny)
They can fix that now.
Re:Stimulating (Score:5, Funny)
I think for what you're proposing, you'd need to attach some sort of reservoir for hot water on top of ones head, with a french press type plunger to force the caffeine past the blood/brain barrier [washington.edu].
If (Score:3, Funny)
from Atom Heart Mother
If I were to sleep
I could dream
If I were afraid
I could hide
If I go insane
Please don't put your wires in my brain
possible spam (Score:5, Funny)
Our records indicate that you had been modded as Troll continuously for last 6 months on slashdot. We understand how depressing this can be.
We can offer you Deep Brain Stmulation to fix the depression and additional free package of Dumb Brain Simulation, to get +5Funny.
Warm regards
Re:I'm a safety guru!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Unexpected side-effects (Score:5, Funny)
How depressing...
Dear Medtronic (Score:4, Funny)