A new add-on for combat PTSD treatment: MRI-guided TMS significantly reduces symptoms in clinical trial

An advanced version of a procedure using magnetic fields to stimulate brain nerve cells in treating depression was significantly effective for 85% of active military and veterans suffering from combat ...
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Researchers combine polarized light and a magnetic field to spot malaria under the microscope

Researchers have developed a new microscopy method that uses a magnetic field and polarized light to provide quantitative ...
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TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)

What Is TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)? Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a noninvasive procedure that uses magnetic pulses to treat and prevent the symptoms of depression and other ...

Malaria lights up under magnets and polarized light, opening the door to faster, smarter blood testing

Researchers have developed a new microscopy method that uses a magnetic field and polarized light to provide quantitative ...
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Researchers tune Casimir force using magnetic fields

Research teams led by Prof. Zeng Changgan and Zhang Hui from the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the ...
Ars Technica

In depression treatment trials, placebo effect is growing stronger

Placebos have occupied an increasingly awkward spot in the medical landscape over the last few decades. Even as placebo-controlled trials have become accepted as the gold standard for evidence, we’ve ...
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The Current Status and Future Direction of High-Magnetic-Field Science and Technology in the United States

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) at ultrahigh magnetic fields in humans and animals is a uniquely important tool to advance the understanding of function and ...