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A brain pacemaker helped a woman with crippling depression. It may soon be available to more people
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEmily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity...
New Pacemaker Zaps Your Heart Before Melting Away
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNorthwestern UniversityFun fact: Your heart doesn’t need a brain, or a body for that matter, to beat. That’s because it has its own electrical system...
Woman Says Experimental Brain Implant Helped Her Lifelong Depression: 'Continuous Prozac'
People via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDeep Brain Stimulation — or DBS — works like a pacemaker in the brain to deliver electrical...
Arnold Schwarzenegger just got a pacemaker. Here's what to know about the heart device that makes...
Yahoo Life· 2 months agoArnold Schwarzenegger has been doing well since having a pacemaker installed last week. (AP) Jordan...
Elon Musk's Neuralink brain implant to ultimately help humans merge with AI is sparking debate over...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoElon Musk's Neuralink implanted a brain chip in its first human patient in January of 2024, and is...
Deep brain stimulation can be life-altering for OCD sufferers when other treatment options fall...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDeep brain stimulation relies on thin electrodes implanted deep in the brain that deliver electrical...
Deep brain stimulation didn’t work for a young OCD patient until new brain maps changed everything
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 week agoFive years ago, in a wheelchair, Julia Hum was admitted to a state mental hospital in Massachusetts....
A man with ALS who can't use his hands got a brain implant that lets him text, shop online, and play...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe tech can't control your brain (at least not yet) — it does the opposite. But it could one day be...
Neuralink is less advanced than these 4 brain-computer devices. See Elon Musk's competition.
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGetty Images Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, has implanted into a first...
Experimental brain surgery quelled cravings in 2 people with binge eating disorder
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDeep brain stimulation helped reduce cravings and binge eating episodes in two patients, according...