A new add-on for combat PTSD treatment: MRI-guided TMS significantly reduces symptoms in clinical trial

An advanced version of a procedure using magnetic fields to stimulate brain nerve cells in treating depression was significantly effective for 85% of active military and veterans suffering from combat ...
Engadget

Researchers use magnetic fields for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring

Synex Medical, a Toronto-based biotech research firm backed by Sam Altman (the CEO of OpenAI), has developed a tool that can measure your blood glucose levels without a finger prick. It uses a ...
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The Current Status and Future Direction of High-Magnetic-Field Science and Technology in the United States

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) at ultrahigh magnetic fields in humans and animals is a uniquely important tool to advance the understanding of function and ...

Malaria lights up under magnets and polarized light, opening the door to faster, smarter blood testing

Researchers have developed a new microscopy method that uses a magnetic field and polarized light to provide quantitative ...
Ars Technica

In depression treatment trials, placebo effect is growing stronger

Placebos have occupied an increasingly awkward spot in the medical landscape over the last few decades. Even as placebo-controlled trials have become accepted as the gold standard for evidence, we’ve ...