Bioelectric medicine involves the use of implanted devices that stimulate targeted nerves within natural signaling pathways in order to achieve a therapeutic effect. Image Credit: Sergey Novikov/Shutterstock.com Neuromodulation can aid with the unmet needs of several diseases, including heart failure, hypertension, inflammation, asthma, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, and diabetes.[1] There are also novel approaches that aim...
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First responders haunted by 9/11 terrorism for 20 years to be treated with minute doses of electricity
by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Credit: Nesos Twenty years after the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, survivors still suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder—PTSD—a condition that New York researchers will attempt to control through bioelectronic medicine, delivered as imperceptible pulses of electricity from “ear buds” in patients’ ears. While the treatment may seem...