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• Discovery Channel to Feature Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Treat Depresssion

  
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  The Discovery Health Channel?s Medical Incredible series will air a segment about a new FDA-approved Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy treatment for chronic depression on June 26th at 9 p.m. EDT. I am featured in the segemnt, a former sufferer of chronic depression and patient in the study of vagus nerve stimulation ...
  1 week ago

• Psychiatrist Begin Training About Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression

  
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  The manufacturer of the vagus nerve stimulator has begun face-to face meetings with psychiatrists nationwide to educate them about vagus nerve stimulation therapy, how it works and for whom this treatment is indicated. It is very important that both you and your psychiatrist fully understand vagus nerve stimulation ...
  2 weeks ago

• Patient Registry Started for the Medical Breakthrough Treatment of Vagus Nerve Stimulation

  
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  In an effort to further understand why vagus nerve stimulation therapy is more effective than anitidepressants with patients who suffer from chronic depression, the manufacturer of the vagus nerve stimulator, Cyberonics, Inc., announced the launch of the first treatment-resistant depression(TRD) patient registry. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Insurance Companies are Beginning to Reimburse for Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy for Depression

  
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  Insurance Companies are beginning to reimburse for vagus nerve stimulation therapy for depression. Insurance companies are giant bureacracies who have layers of people to whose only job is to say “no”.Reimbursement decisions are being made on a case-by-by case basis. According to the manufacturer of the vagus ...
  3 weeks ago

• Depression is the Number One Cause of Disability in the United States

  
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  According to the World Health Organization, 4 of the 10 leading causes of disability in the United States and other developed countries are mental disorders, including major depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Approximately 23% of American adults each year have a diagnosable mental disorder and as many as ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression

  
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  Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy is indicated for use as an adjunctive long-term treatment of chronic or recurrent depression for patients over the age of 18 who are experiencing a major depressive episode and have not had an adequate response to four or more adequate antidepressant treatments.Where other treatments ...
  3 weeks ago

• Major Symposium About Vagus Nerve Stimulation & Depression at the American Psychiatric Associati

  
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  A major symposium about vagus nerve stimulation as a treatment for chronic or recurrent depression will be presented at the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Meeting in May. This is the largest gathering of psychiatrists in the world and over 25,000 psychiatrists will be in attendance.On February 3, 2005, ...
  3 weeks ago

• New FDA Approved Therapy for Depression: Timeline from Prescription to Procedure

  
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  On July 18, 2005, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) approved vagus nerve stimulation as a treatment for chronic depression. On August 18th, I was a part of a conference call hosted by the manufacturer of the vagus nerve stimulator.According to Company officials, it is going to take a long time for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Major Depression is the Leading Cause of Disability in the World

  
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  According to the World Health Organization, major Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world. The only FDA approved long term treatment option for major depression is vagus nerve stimulation.It is the most common and widespread of all psychiatric disorders, and it takes a significant toll on ...
  3 weeks ago

• Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression Conference

  
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  I attended the Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression Conference at the headuarters of the manufacturer of the vagus nerve stimulator in Houston. The meeting was attended by the leading psychiatric thought leaders in the United States.The scientists and researchers at the conference made the some comments that are ...
  3 weeks ago

• FDA Deems Vagus Nerve Therapy Approvable as a Treatment for Depression

  
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  On February 3, 2005 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified the manufacturer of the vagus nerve stimulator (Cyberonics, Inc.) that it had deemed its VNS Therapy System approvable as a long-term adjunctive treatment for patients over the age of 18 with chronic or recurrent treatment-resistant depression in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Neuromodulation Is Now The Mainstream Therapy For Chronic Depression

  
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  The cover of the March 7, 2005 issue of Business Week titled REWIRING THE HUMAN BODY, describes how neuromodulation brings new hope to the four million desperate patients in the United States who suffer from the debilitating disease of chronic or treatment-resistant depression.The neuromodulation industry is just in ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Patient’s Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression

  
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  INTRODUCTION Everybody has a story. My story is the one I know best and can write about. It is not a memoir of chemical dependency or self-abuse. Those subjects have been written about many times. This is a story of my winning battle against depression and the vagus nerve stimulation treatment that saved [...]
  4 weeks ago

• Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Treatment for Depression to be Launched in May

  
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  Final FDA approval of vagus nerve stimulation as a therapy for chronic or recurrent treatment-resistant depression to be issued in May. Psychiatrists will then officially be able to prescribe this remarkable, life changing therapy for patients.On April 7th, 2005, the manufacturer of the vagus nerve stimulator( ...
  4 weeks ago

• New Treatment for Chronic Depression

  
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  Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Treatment-Resistant DepressionAbout Vagus Nerve StimulationVNS is not brain surgery, although it is a treatment that affects the function of the brain. Vagus Nerve Stimulation uses specific stimulation of the vagus nerve to send stimulation to specific parts of the brain that are ...
  4 weeks ago

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