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Magnet device aims to treat depression patients

The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression - a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull.
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Magnet device aims to treat depression patients

The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression - a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. If it sounds like science-fiction, well, those woodpecker-like pulses trigger small electrical charges that spark brain cells to fire. Yet it doesn't cause the risks of surgically implanted electrodes or the treatment of last resort, shock therapy.
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msnbc Brain zap improves righties’ use of...

A slight zap of electricity to the brain could make righties better at using their left hands, a new study shows.
10/29/08
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msnbc Magnet device aims to treat...

The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression — a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull.
10/21/08
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"Ten years on my anger has gone, but I cannot forget"
08/07/08
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07/23/08
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International Herald Tribune Lead from car batteries contaminates...

A cottage industry that employed people, including many mothers, to extract poisonous lead from used car batteries has been blamed for the deaths of nearly 20 children in a...
06/24/08
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International Herald Tribune WHO: quick action needed in...

The World Health Organization pressed Tuesday for quick action to decontaminate a Senegalese town where lead pulled from car batteries is believed to have killed 18 children and...
06/24/08
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Brain pacemakers give jolt to hard-to-treat illnesses

Every day during a four-year deep depression, Sean Miller thought of ending his life. Nothing relieved the emotional darkness—not therapy, not medication, not loving attention from family and friends.
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California officials launch 'Green Chemistry' initiative

The plan to regulate product 'greenness' would inform consumers how items sold in the state are manufactured and transported and how environmentally safe their ingredients are. Is that laundry soap truly "environmentally friendly"? Was that mattress treated with toxic chemicals? Is that sweatsuit fashioned from organic cotton? Is that lipstick "natural"?
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Yahoo! News Crackpot technologies that could...

InfoWorld - It doesn't take a genius to catch on to the fact that in IT, innovation is a mandate. Push the envelope of what's possible, or find yourself relegated to wayside....
02/18/08
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Yahoo! News Acupuncture eases pain in head and...

AFP - Acupuncture provides significant pain relief for patients after head or neck cancer surgery, according to a clinical study released at the annual meeting here of the...
06/01/08
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WRAL.com Rendell vows to remain Pa. governor...

Gov. Ed Rendell has ruled out taking a job in the Obama administration before his term ends in January 2011, in part because a midterm departure could open the door to a...
11/07/08
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Newsweek Iraq: A Dearth of Doctors

A country in dire need of professional help—can its wounds be healed?
10/18/08
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WRAL.com Health chiefs battle to bring back...

A kidney specialist who fled Iraq's bombings, kidnappings and sectarian killings 20 months ago has reported back to work at his Baghdad hospital - one of some 800 doctors who...
09/07/08
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WRAL.com Duke to fight suit aimed at stopping...

Duke Energy Corp. said Thursday it will fight any attempts to stop construction of a new coal-fired power generator in western North Carolina, arguing it was issued a "legal,...
07/17/08
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Hair-thin hosepipes give hope for faster computing

A miniature cooling system which involves pumping water through a tube the width of a human hair could hold the key to the future of computing, according to research.
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Scottish cardinal attacks government embryo legislation

The leader of Scotland's Catholic Church is using his Easter Sunday sermon to attack a British government bill to allow research using mixed human-animal embryos.
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Yahoo! News Harnessing Human Energy for Medical...

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Anyone who has ever watched a frenetic toddler bouncing around a room has wondered if there might be some way to harvest all of...
02/08/08
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chicagotribune.com A few jolts may help the nose to know...

Electrical shocks can hone sense of smell, NU researchers say The little electrical shocks...
03/27/08
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WRAL.com Environmentalists Look at Mercury...

Duke Energy Corp.'s newest coal-fired power generator will pump 5 1/2 million tons of carbon dioxide into the North Carolina sky every year, outraging environmentalists worried...
02/27/08
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International Herald Tribune Weakened by decades of war, Iraqi...

Already a troubled system, Iraqi medical care has fallen to the brink of collapse since the U.S.-led invasion five years ago.
02/19/08
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International Herald Tribune Weakened by decades of war, Iraqi...

Already a troubled system, Iraqi medical care has fallen to the brink of collapse since the U.S.-led invasion five years ago.
02/18/08
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Yahoo! News Iraqi medical system wrecked by war ...

AP - Already a troubled system, Iraqi medical care has fallen to the brink of collapse since the U.S.-led invasion five years ago.
02/18/08
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International Herald Tribune Weakened by decades of war, Iraqi...

Already a troubled system, Iraqi medical care has fallen to the brink of collapse since the U.S.-led invasion five years ago.
02/18/08
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WRAL.com Iraqi Medical System Wrecked by War

Already a troubled system, Iraqi medical care has fallen to the brink of collapse since the U.S.-led invasion five years ago.
02/18/08
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