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New Patch Device Uses Electricity To Combat Harmful Skin Bacteria
Scientists have created a bioelectronic patch, BLAST, that uses mild electrical pulses to eliminate harmful bacteria on the skin. Tested on pig skin, this device has shown significant reductions in bacterial levels, suggesting it could be used to prevent infections from medical devices. The patch creates an acidic environment that inhibits biofilm ...
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China Man Awaiting Sex Change Surgery Sues Hospital, Says He Was Given Electric Shocks
In China, having a sex change procedure is viewed as disrespectful to parents.
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Cutting-Edge Headset Brings Electric Therapy To Ease Depression At Home
tDCS works by delivering a mild electrical current to the brain through two electrodes placed on the scalp.
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Alzheimer's Patients Find Relief In The Glow Of Simulated Sunshine: Study
The new method uses light energy to stimulate the suprachiasmic nucleus (SCN), a sleep modulator in the brain.
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Scientists Discover Neurons That May Help Paralysed People Walk Again
After a nerve stimulation breakthrough, people who are completely paralysed can walk again.
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Facebook, Instagram Ban Content Promoting 'Conversion Therapy'
Facebook and Instagram on Friday said they are banning content that promotes "conversion therapy," which is based on the unfounded notion that gays can change their sexual orientation through psychological or spiritual intervention.
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Delhi Doctor Charged Rs. 4,500 For "Treating" Gays, Gets Court Summon
A doctor, who terms homosexuality as "genetic mental disorder" and uses electric shock to treat gay and lesbian people, has been summoned by a Delhi court as an accused for violating norms. Though Dr P K Gupta was penalized by the Delhi Medical Council (DMC), he was still indulging in this bizarre practice. The court took note of a complaint agains...
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China Court Raps Clinic Over 'Gay Conversion' Therapy
A Beijing court on Friday ordered a psychological clinic to pay compensation to a homosexual man for administering electric shocks in an attempt to make him heterosexual, an unprecedented ruling on so-called conversion therapy.
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Paralyzed patients regain movement after spinal implant: study
Four men who had each been paralyzed from the chest down for more than two years and been told their situation was hopeless regained the ability to voluntarily move their legs and feet - though not to walk - after an electrical device was implanted in their spines, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Narendra Modi's riot-tainted former minister Maya Kodnani given shock therapy
Maya Kodnani, a former minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet who was convicted for her involvement in one of the worst cases of communal rioting in Gujarat in 2002, is being given electric shock therapy at a government run hospital after being diagnosed with an acute depressive disorder.
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Terrifying railroad 'therapy' places sick people on tracks
Ignoring the red-and-white danger sign, Sri Mulyati walks slowly to the train tracks outside Indonesia's bustling capital, lies down and stretches her body across the rails.
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Electrical stimulation may ease labour pain
A therapy that eases pain by sending electrical pulses through the skin may be a reasonable option for managing the pain of childbirth.
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Brain stimulation helps recover from stroke
A new therapy that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate the brain helps stroke patients recover motor function.
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Electric shock reduces heart disease in depression
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) reduces the levels of elevated hormones that could increase the risk of having a heart attack in patients of depression.
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New Patch Device Uses Electricity To Combat Harmful Skin Bacteria
Scientists have created a bioelectronic patch, BLAST, that uses mild electrical pulses to eliminate harmful bacteria on the skin. Tested on pig skin, this device has shown significant reductions in bacterial levels, suggesting it could be used to prevent infections from medical devices. The patch creates an acidic environment that inhibits biofilm ...
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China Man Awaiting Sex Change Surgery Sues Hospital, Says He Was Given Electric Shocks
In China, having a sex change procedure is viewed as disrespectful to parents.
-
Cutting-Edge Headset Brings Electric Therapy To Ease Depression At Home
tDCS works by delivering a mild electrical current to the brain through two electrodes placed on the scalp.
-
Alzheimer's Patients Find Relief In The Glow Of Simulated Sunshine: Study
The new method uses light energy to stimulate the suprachiasmic nucleus (SCN), a sleep modulator in the brain.
-
Scientists Discover Neurons That May Help Paralysed People Walk Again
After a nerve stimulation breakthrough, people who are completely paralysed can walk again.
-
Facebook, Instagram Ban Content Promoting 'Conversion Therapy'
Facebook and Instagram on Friday said they are banning content that promotes "conversion therapy," which is based on the unfounded notion that gays can change their sexual orientation through psychological or spiritual intervention.
-
Delhi Doctor Charged Rs. 4,500 For "Treating" Gays, Gets Court Summon
A doctor, who terms homosexuality as "genetic mental disorder" and uses electric shock to treat gay and lesbian people, has been summoned by a Delhi court as an accused for violating norms. Though Dr P K Gupta was penalized by the Delhi Medical Council (DMC), he was still indulging in this bizarre practice. The court took note of a complaint agains...
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China Court Raps Clinic Over 'Gay Conversion' Therapy
A Beijing court on Friday ordered a psychological clinic to pay compensation to a homosexual man for administering electric shocks in an attempt to make him heterosexual, an unprecedented ruling on so-called conversion therapy.
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Paralyzed patients regain movement after spinal implant: study
Four men who had each been paralyzed from the chest down for more than two years and been told their situation was hopeless regained the ability to voluntarily move their legs and feet - though not to walk - after an electrical device was implanted in their spines, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Narendra Modi's riot-tainted former minister Maya Kodnani given shock therapy
Maya Kodnani, a former minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet who was convicted for her involvement in one of the worst cases of communal rioting in Gujarat in 2002, is being given electric shock therapy at a government run hospital after being diagnosed with an acute depressive disorder.
-
Terrifying railroad 'therapy' places sick people on tracks
Ignoring the red-and-white danger sign, Sri Mulyati walks slowly to the train tracks outside Indonesia's bustling capital, lies down and stretches her body across the rails.
-
Electrical stimulation may ease labour pain
A therapy that eases pain by sending electrical pulses through the skin may be a reasonable option for managing the pain of childbirth.
-
Brain stimulation helps recover from stroke
A new therapy that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate the brain helps stroke patients recover motor function.
-
Electric shock reduces heart disease in depression
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) reduces the levels of elevated hormones that could increase the risk of having a heart attack in patients of depression.
