TMS is an FDA Approved Treatment for Depression For more than 20 years, researchers have been studying TMS as a potential therapy for many neurological and psychiatric conditions. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the use of TMS for the treatment of...
This article was originally posted by MagVenture, you can see the original post here. Another FDA clearance for MagVenture: 3 minute depression treatment August 2018: MagVenture's Theta Burst solution is now FDA cleared. For people suffering from severe depression, the road to remission just became a lot shorter:...
Cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s Disease, autism, TBI and memory loss are an extremely key factor when considering a patient’s quality of life. Thankfully, non-invasive brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy have proven to be an effective strategy when battling these otherwise...
Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a non-invasive, durable procedure that uses the power of magnetic fields to stimulate the neural pathways in your brain in order to improve symptoms of mood disorders such as depression. Though only FDA approved for depression, TMS Therapy has shown promise...
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) are often thrown around in the same conversation when we talk about physical brain therapy options. Though this is the case, it is important to note the significant differences between the two and how they compare and...
Everyone experiences headaches from time to time, and different people have varying degrees of severity when it comes to headaches. There are no surefire cures, although popping in a couple of painkillers every few hours would be able to do the trick for most. Then...
Why TMS works Better than Traditional Treatments Bipolar Disorder, sometimes referred to as manic depression, is a psychiatric condition that is characterized by extreme mood swings from emotional highs (manic or hypomanic) to lows (depression). These episodes may last for weeks or months if untreated, and...
According to the CDC 1 in 68 American children have Autism in some form. Autism Spectrum Disorder has seen a 3,000 percent increase in diagnoses in the last 30 years. Autism is described as difficulties with social skills, restricted repetitive behaviors, and speech and nonverbal...
In the United States, the FDA-approved procedure for treating depression with TMS uses a protocol of repetitive, single-burst stimuli, called rTMS. This protocol, which has been practiced since 2008 in the US, is safe, effective and well-tolerated. However, new, potentially better TMS protocols are on...
Antidepressant Drugs not working? Try TMS! Since the advent of antidepressants in the early 1950’s, depression has typically been treated with a combination of counseling and prescription drugs. In the past two decades, the use of antidepressants has increased dramatically. Research suggests that as many as...