3 Hours for Stroke Transfer; Astronauts' Cardio Results; Retinal Lesions and Afib
(MedPage Today) -- Stroke patients are being kept at the initial transferring hospital for almost 3 hours before they go back out the door, according to U.S. registry data. (JAMA) Cerebellar deep brain stimulation showed promise as a way to rehabilitate... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - August 15, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Cerebellar post-stroke deep brain stimulation appears safe and feasible in a small trial
Early NIH-funded trial is first step towards development of a potential stroke treatment. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - August 14, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Cleveland Clinic leads $17.6 million investment in deep brain stimulation therapy
Enspire DBS Therapy has raised $17.6 million for the startup's therapy that helps people recover from strokes. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - August 1, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Mary Vanac Source Type: news

Deep brain stimulation during sleep strengthens memory
While it ' s known that sleep plays a crucial role in strengthening memory, scientists are still decoding how the process plays out in the brain overnight. U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research led by scientists at UCLA and Tel Aviv … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - July 11, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news

The Brain Technology Treating Neurological Disorders That Will Benefit From AI
Deep brain stimulation meets machine learning and AI in order to deliver better functional outcomes and quality of life for patients. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Gabriel A. Silva, Contributor Tags: Science /science Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare standard Source Type: news

Prospective controlled study on the effects of deep brain stimulation on driving in Parkinson's disease - Fr ündt O, Mainka T, Vettorazzi E, Baspinar E, Schwarz C, Südmeyer M, Gerloff C, Zangemeister WH, Poetter-Nerger M, Hidding U, Hamel W, Moll CKE, Buhmann C.
To explore the influence of bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) on car driving ability in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), we prospectively examined two age-matched, actively driving PD patient groups: one group undergone DBS-surg... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Deep brain stimulation offers hope for OCD
Deep brain stimulation has been used to treat nervous system disorders. Now doctors are testing it on depression and OCD. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - June 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Electrical pulses that synchronize the sleeping brain appear to boost memory
Scientists have shown that deep brain stimulation during sleep can help people retain new information. The approach could help people with memory problems related to disorders like Alzheimer's.(Image credit: DrAfter123/Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - June 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news

Scientists zap sleeping humans' brains with electricity to improve their memory
Scientists have shown that deep brain stimulation during sleep can help people retain new information. The approach could help people with memory problems related to disorders like Alzheimer's.(Image credit: DrAfter123/Getty Images) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - June 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jon Hamilton Source Type: news

Multi-centre analysis of networks and genes modulated by hypothalamic stimulation in patients with aggressive behaviours - Venetucci Gouveia F, Germann J, Elias GJB, Boutet A, Loh A, Lopez Rios AL, Torres Diaz C, Contreras Lopez WO, Martinez RCR, Fonoff ET, Benedetti-Isaac JC, Giacobbe P, Arango Pava PM, Yan H, Ibrahim GM, Lipsman N, Lozano A, Hamani C.
Deep brain stimulation targeting the posterior hypothalamus (pHyp-DBS) is being investigated as a treatment for refractory aggressive behaviour, but its mechanisms of action remain elusive. We conducted an integrated imaging analysis of a large multi-centr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

DBS for Schizophrenia; Top Psych Hospital Money Makers; Nature Prescriptions
(MedPage Today) -- People with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder may be candidates for deep brain stimulation. "It's our responsibility to ensure these novel and advanced therapeutics are available to populations who feel they have run... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - April 5, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Suicide in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a retrospective case-control study - Kennis M, Hale EW, Hemendinger E, Davis R, Ojemann SG, Strom L, Klepitskaya O.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS), a treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD), has been associated with suicidality. We conducted a case-control study comparing suicide in four pairs of cohorts: PD patients with DBS or not, epilepsy patients with resection surgery... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

Depression scores following ventral intermediate nucleus deep brain stimulation for essential tremor: a meta-analysis - Gupta R, Paulo D, Sun L, Ye F, Dhima K, Bick SK.
BACKGROUND: Essential tremor (ET) patients present with both motor and non-motor symptoms including depression. Although deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM) is used to treat motor symptoms of ET, there is no consensus as ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

Deep brain stimulation may be a viable option for resistant to treatment aggression in children with intellectual disability - Benedetti-Isaac JC, Camargo L, Torres Zambrano M, Perea-Castro E, Castillo-Tamara E, Caldichoury N, Herrera-Pino J, Fl órez Y, Porto M, López N.
The objective of this study is to assess the impact of DBS on aggr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Hints That Deep Brain Stimulation Might Ease Alzheimer's Symptoms
THURSDAY, Dec. 22, 2022 -- Researchers are studying whether deep brain stimulation could help people with Alzheimer ' s hold on to their memory longer, and now a new finding may help refine the approach. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an established... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news