Public Radio For Eastern North Carolina 89.3 WTEB New Bern 88.5 WZNB New Bern 91.5 WBJD Atlantic Beach 90.3 WKNS Kinston 88.1 W201AO Greenville 88.5 WHYC Swan Quarter
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
Available On Air Stations
US

New approach to treat depression could be a game changer

Researchers at Stanford University have tweaked a long-used technique to treat people with severe depression. The transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) delivers pulses to the brain and speeds up the treatment.

As Lesley McClurg of KQED reports, 80% of the study patients have gone into remission.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

US