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I saw the same program. Sounded good!!! Nancy B cg for Don 64/14 -----Original Message----- From: Ron Reiner <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, March 20, 1998 8:27 PM Subject: Magnets are Back >Saw a brief news item yesterday here in the DC area. Apparently, some >reputable hospital in Brooklyn is experimenting with electromagnets to >treat severe depression. According to the news report it actually works. >The procedure is totally non-invasive and involves running a cycling >electromagnet over specific areas on the outside of the skull. > >The effects of the treatment last for about two months before the patient >has to come back. The report concluded that the developer believes the >treatment will also be effective on other diseases such as PD. > >Actually, it makes a great deal of sense to me. Isn't this how palladial >stimulators work? Maybe it isn't necessary to plant the stimulators in the >brain. > >Just a thought. >