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.

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.

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.

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"?

Health chiefs battle to bring back Iraqi doctors

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 have returned over the summer.

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.