A depression treatment often used as a last resort for people who do not respond well to drug therapy is gaining traction after proving successful on a number of patients. Repetitive transcranial ...

Angela Myers is a freelance writer covering mental health, wellness and nutrition. She’s also conducted award-winning research on how to better communicate about sexual violence prevention and mental ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in older adults. Current approaches to treatment include cholinesterase inhibitors such as donepezil and the NMDA receptor antagonist ...

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was associated with a reduction in self-reported cannabis use by up to 60 per cent among people with schizophrenia who have cannabis use disorder ...

Paul Fitzgerald is a founder of TMS Clinics Australia which provides rTMS therapy through 21 clinics in three states of Australia. He has recevied grant funding from the NHMRC to support clinical ...

Wise Buy, a MedPage Today series, assesses therapies -- new and old -- to determine if the treatment is not only a wise choice, but also a wise buy. When patients with severe depression don't respond ...

More below • Graphic guide: How does rTMS work? It’s safe, it’s effective, and it’s been approved by Health Canada for treating depression since 2002. Yet, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation ...

Researchers have flipped the script on the usual approach to pain relief in a new study, demonstrating that a short course of non-invasive brain stimulation before a painful event such as surgery can ...

This section describes safety outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see the ...