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New Study shows Remarkable Results

“It Saved My Life: Depression Treatment with rTMS Turns Lives Around” – new study finds…
A new neural remedy called Stanford neuromodulation therapy is being used to treat people struggling with mental illness with promising results. In five days or less, almost 80% of patients crossed into remission and experienced a normal mood within days.

This article highlights how the use of imaging allows more precise target of rTMS (repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) treatment resulting in greater effectiveness.

You can read the full article in KQED: https://www.kqed.org/news/11898991/it-saved-my-life-depression-treatment-turns-lives-around-in-five-days

A couple of people who received treatment using this sophisticated targeting were quoted in the article:

After 45 years of depression and numerous failed attempts to medicate his illness, Tommy Van Brocklin, a civil engineer, says he didn’t see a way out. “The past couple of years I just started crying a lot,” he said. “I was just a real emotional wreck.”

So last September, Van Brocklin flew across the country from his home in Tennessee to Stanford, where he underwent the new rTMS treatment. Almost immediately he started feeling more optimistic and sleeping longer and deeper. “I wake up now and I want to come to work, whereas before I’d rather stick a sharp stick in my eye,” said Van Brocklin. “I have not had any depressed days since my treatment.”

He is hopeful the changes stick. More larger studies are needed to verify how long the new rTMS treatment will last.

At least for Emma, the woman who received Stanford’s treatment three years ago in a similar study, the results are holding. She says she still has ups and downs but “it’s an entirely different me dealing with it.”

She says the regimen rewired her from the inside out. “It saved my life, and I’ll be forever grateful,” said Emma, her voice cracking with emotion. “It saved my life.”

These studies are bringing hope to non-invasive and drug-free rTMS treatments!

MeRT involves the use of very sophisticated diagnostics to more precisely target treatment and is seeing some incredible results. Read more about MeRT and our protocols for treatment.

New Studies on how Covid-19 can affect the Brain

Recent studies are indicating that those who have had Covid-19 may have also experienced effects neurologically, in addition to other long-lasting damage in their lungs and otherwise.

An article in Science News stated:

Early in the pandemic, some infected people noticed a curious symptom: the loss of smell. Reports of other brain-related ssymptoms followed: headaches, confusion, hallucinations, and delirium. Some infections were accompanied by depression, anxiety, and sleep problems.

Recent studies suggest that leaky blood vessels and inflammation are somehow involved in these symptoms. But many basic questions remain unanswered about the virus, which has infected more than 145 million people worldwide. Researchers are still trying to figure out how many people experience these psychiatric or neurological problems, who is most at risk, and how long such symptoms might last.”

One study of electronic health records found that 1 in 3 people had some form of neurological or psychiatric diagnosis within six months of being infected. A vast majority of these were for anxiety or depression. That is extremely high.

Another study found a higher rate of those who had been infected experiencing a stroke later.

Another study looked into the blood vessels of those who had been infected, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, which stated:

One study of electronic health records found that 1 in 3 people had some form of neurological or psychiatric diagnosis within six months of being infected. A vast majority of these were for anxiety or depression. That is extremely high.

Those results suggest that clots, inflamed linings and leaks in the barriers that normally keep blood and other harmful substances out of the brain may all contribute to COVID-related brain damage.”

Another study, by Maura Boldrini, a psychiatrist at Columbia University in New York. looked into the resultant issues with inflammation and the effects of inflammation on the brain.

Inflammation in the body can cause trouble in the brain, too. Inflammatory signals released after injury can change the way the brain makes and uses chemical signaling molecules, called neurotransmitters, that help nerve cells communicate. Key communication molecules such as serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine can get scrambled when there’s lots of inflammation.

These studies may answer some questions about the psychological after-effects of Covid that some may be experiencing.

To read more about this, you can find the full article here. COVID-19 can affect the brain. New clues hint at how _ Science News