News tagged with electric shock therapy
Chinese teen dies at Internet addiction rehab camp
(AP) -- China is investigating the death of a teenager who was allegedly beaten to death in a camp designed to treat Internet addiction, state media said.
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Type of physician certification associated with risk of complications from ICDs
Patients whose implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are implanted by nonelectrophysiologists are at increased risk of complications and are less likely to receive a specific type of ICD when clinically indicated, ...
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Interest in shock treatment is growing despite decades-old controversy
Recently, actress and writer Carrie Fisher told Oprah Winfrey that she receives electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) regularly to treat depression caused by her bipolar disorder. Taken aback, Winfrey asked, "They still do that?"
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Key guideline-recommended therapies improve survival for heart failure patients
A UCLA-led study has found that adherence to national guideline–recommended therapies for heart failure in an outpatient practice setting significantly lowered the mortality rate of heart failure patients.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Researchers pinpoint patients who receive greatest benefit from heart failure treatment
Mild heart failure patients with a particular condition that results in disorganized electrical activity throughout the heart benefit substantially from cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT–D), according ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Putting the freeze on atrial fibrillation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Eugene Tsuji was biking on a trail in the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Aptos, Calif., when his heart monitor went bananas.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Shockable cardiac arrests are more common in public than home
Cardiac arrests that can be treated by electric stimulation, also known as shockable arrests, were found at a higher frequency in public settings than in the home, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded study ...
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Method to erase traumatic memories may be on the horizon
Soldiers haunted by scenes of war and victims scarred by violence may wish they could wipe the memories from their minds. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University say that may someday be possible.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Study suggests physicians wait longer for brain recovery after hypothermia Rx in cardiac arrest
Heart experts at Johns Hopkins say that physicians might be drawing conclusions too soon about irreversible brain damage in patients surviving cardiac arrest whose bodies were for a day initially chilled into a calming coma.
Nov 13, 2010 |
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Name recall get a big shock
It's an experience shared by everyone: You run into someone you know, but his or her name escapes you. Now, Temple psychologist Ingrid Olson has found a way to improve the recall of proper names.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Innovative imaging system may boost speed and accuracy in treatment of heart rhythm disorder
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a novel 3-D imaging approach that may improve the accuracy of treatment for ventricular tachycardia, a potentially life-threatening ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Nanoblasts from laser-activated nanoparticles move molecules, proteins and DNA into cells
Using chemical "nanoblasts" that punch tiny holes in the protective membranes of cells, researchers have demonstrated a new technique for getting therapeutic small molecules, proteins and DNA directly into ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 27, 2010 |
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