Severe depression may be treated with deep Brain stimulation DBS

Assessment of deep brain stimulation for patients with treatment-resistant depression has inched forward over the past decade with promising results but remains in its early days with a total worldwide experience of roughly 60 patients. That total includes patients who have received deep brain stimulation (DBS) leads placed in six different brain regions. However, the…

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CPAP May Ease Depression

By Ed Susman, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Published: June 14, 2012. Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner Obstructive sleep apnea patients who use — or even try to use — continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices appear to reduce…