An Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation co-worker would like your opinion on the use of magnets to treat pain. In particular, she says her mother has gotten relief by using a magnet — I believe it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At Dell Medical School, researcher Ryan Donovan attaches a sensor to fellow researcher Ambreen Rana for magnetic stimulation of ...

Using magnets to treat depression sounds like a mad scientist’s scheme — but it actually works. The treatment — known as TMS, or transcranial magnetic stimulation — is backed up by years of research ...

Three months ago, Forest Adams' health was at "an all-time low," she said. The 22-year-old had to take a leave of absence from working with children with autism to search for something that would work ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an ex-medical/surgical nurse. I have a daughter-in-law who was treated for depression with magnetic therapy. My psychiatric exposure in the 1950s was with electroshock therapy and ...

A magnetic therapy for persistent depression is in such demand in the Twin Cities that Allina Health has doubled its capacity with the opening of a new mental health center in Fridley, Minnesota.

Thomas VanCott compares his son Jake's experience with autism to life on a tightrope. Upset the delicate balance and Jake, 18, plunges into frustration, slapping himself and twisting his neck in ...

Powerful magnetic stimulation can help treat people with bipolar disorder, according to results from a small trial. The therapy, called accelerated intermittent theta burst stimulation, involves ...

For years, people in search of pain relief have been turning to magnet therapy more and more, despite little scientific evidence that it works. Now, the Mayo Clinic has made its decision. After ...

While antidepressant medications and talk therapy are still the first options, Allina psychiatrist Dr. Bennett Poss said alternatives are needed for the growing share of patients who aren’t helped by ...