Bioelectronic Medicine
Imagine a world where we treated deadly diseases with electricity instead of pills or chemo. We might not be as far from this reality as you think - Tanya Lewis
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The Body Electric
When it comes to using electricity Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), muscle stimulators and even vagal nerve stimulators will pale in comparison to what's coming down the pike...
A revolution, Napoleon said, can be neither started nor stopped. In medicine it happens over decades. The emergence of cardiac stents, for example, revolutionized the use of coronary bypass surgery and provided nonsurgical options for millions of patients; decades later their use continues to be debated and improved.
Bioelectronic medicine (BEM) is the most recent…
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Prepare to Be Shocked
Four predictions about how brain stimulation will make us smarter.
The Future of Bioelectronic Medicine
In the field of bioelectronic medicine, Dr. Tracey thinks that using devices as therapy could be widespread in five to 10 years. He acknowledges that there are still plenty of hurdles, however. “Everything’s dangerous until proven safe,” he says.
A Lot Of Nerve: The Antidote To Modern Life — Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has already been approved for refractory epilepsy and depression. But the therapeutic reach of this cranial nerve covers a roster of stress-related maladies such as hypertension, insomnia, anxiety, obesity, and the destructive domain of inflammation.
Electric Muscle Stimulation: Separating Fact from Fiction
The term Electric Muscle Stimulation or EMS needs some clarification, so I will attempt to dissect the facts, fiction and certain laws to prevent misleading advertising!
GSK and Google parent forge $715 million bioelectronic medicines firm
GlaxoSmithKline and Google parent Alphabet's life sciences unit are creating a new company focused on fighting diseases by targeting electrical signals in the body, jump-starting a novel field of medicine called bioelectronics.
Hacking The Nervous System
One nerve connects your vital organs, sensing and shaping your health. If we learn to control it, the future of medicine will be electric.
Take Away the Pain
Consider a pain management technique with truly ancient roots — Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS).
TENS Machines
Research trials looking at the effectiveness of TENS machines have so far been inconclusive. Further large studies are needed to clarify the precise role and effect of using TENS. However, TENS machines have proved to be a popular form of pain relief with some people. As with many forms of treatment, the effect can vary from individual to individual, even with the same condition.
There may be a way to 'turn off' chronic diseases with electricity — and it could be the future of medicine
Imagine a world where we treated deadly diseases with electricity instead of pills or chemo. We might not be as far from this reality as you think.
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Dramatically Reduces Inflammation
The emerging field of bioelectronic integrative medicine targets a variety of disorders traditionally treated with pharmaceuticals by using advanced neuromodulation devices. Stimulating the vagus nerve offers significant advantages to the use of drugs—such as lower cost and fewer side effects.
Zapped! Does TENS work for pain?
Humans love stimulants! We have always enjoyed zapping ourselves and each other, just a little bit, or even quite a lot.123 For many decades, by far the most popular (and tame) form of electrotherapy or neuromodulation4 has been transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS).
The Body Electric
Bioelectronic medicine (BEM) is the most recent medical revolution — not an innovation or an improvement or a step up but a radical reimagining of our understanding that it should be possible to treat human illnesses using electrical signals to replace some drugs.
Bioelectronic Medicine
Bioelectronic Medicine combines molecular medicine, bioengineering, and neuroscience to discover and develop nerve modulating and sensing technologies to regulate biological processes and treat disease.
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