Thomas Ramey Watson

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Get An Eye Exam: Arthritis to Cancer Seen in Eye

Diagnosing illness through the eye, is nothing new, according to Dr. Marco Zarbin, chief of ophthalmology at the University of Medicine, Dentistry, New Jersey. “It happens all the time,” he said, from rare conditions to diseases like multiple sclerosis, leukemia, brain tumors. “If you look at your brain, two-thirds of it is dedicated to some

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Deep brain stimulation may help deep depression and other mental illness

A new study is advancing the possibility that mentally ill patients who do not respond to conventional therapies may benefit from battery-powered electrodes surgically implanted in their brains. The procedure, called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), uses a pacemaker-like device to deliver small, steady electrical charges to specific brain circuits that control our moods. While DBS

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