New Migraine Device Treats Attacks with Magnetic Pulses

Nick Tate : Apr 6, 2018
Newsmax Health

"Until now, migraine patients in the U.S. had to use multiple pharmaceutical products, each with potentially unpleasant side-effects, to manage both the challenge of preventing headache and treating acute headache attacks. STMS is now labeled to address the entire spectrum of migraine with an easy-to-use device, that in multiple clinical studies, has proven to be safe and effective." -David K. Rosen

[Newsmax Health] A new form of migraine treatment, using magnetic stimulation of the brain, has been shown to prevent attacks—cutting frequency of the sometimes-debilitating headaches by half. (Photo: Creative Commons/via Pixabay)

The technique involves what's known as single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (STMS)—a technology developed by eNeura Inc., a medical technology company...

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