ARTICLES OF INFORMATION


VNS Related
2006
ECT
2006
Depression and Miscellaneous
2006



Yuri's Activation Database
1/6/06
Wiley InterScience
Age-related cognitive effects of ECT and ECT-induced mood improvement in depressive patients




1/1/06
NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health
Initial Results Help Clinicians Identify Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression
1/8/06
Grand Forks Hearld
Cott explores his life through a memoir of amnesia
1/5/06
Nobelist discovers antidepressant protein in mouse brain


1/3/06
Woman winning battle against depression

1/12/06
Forbes
Medication, Shock Therapy Best for Depression

1/5/06
Psychiatry Matters
Placebo-controlled study designs contribute to high dropout rate


January 2006
VNS Therapy(tm)
Connections(tm)
Volume 2, Issue 1

1/1806
Mayo Clinic
Electroconvulsive therapy: Dramatic relief for severe mental illness
(7/16/04)

1/9/06
L.A. Times
 Psychiatry's obsession: making up diseases and responses to article



1/3/06
WebMD Medical News
Suicide Drops With Antidepressant Use FDA Warning May Be Misleading, New Study Shows
1/22/06
The Sunday Times - Scotland
Saved: the life I lost to despair
Cathy Wield’s story of her battle with depression has been difficult to tell. It reveals unpleasant truths about the NHS but is, ultimately, a moving account of redemption

1/10/06
New York Times
A Horrific Case of Hiccups, a Novel Treatment


1/5/06
Battling depression
February 2006
Journal of Affective Disorders
Health-related quality of life following ECT in a large community sample

1/10/06
New York Times
Cells That Read Minds



1/8/06
Symposium opens up on mental health
3/3/06
Ely Times & County
 Shock therapy seen to improve quality of life

1/17/06
The Daily Bruin
Winter months may trigger depression


1/9/06
Device May Help People With Severe Depression

3/12/06
New Jersey.Com
 When a spouse bottoms out
1/17/06
Post-Gazette
Wall Street star loses battle to depression


1/10/06
The Arizona Republic
Improved treatments ease the unrelenting pain, fog of depression

April 2006
International Association for the Study of Pain
Electroconvulsive therapy improves severe pain associated with fibromyalgia

1/1706
Health.Telegraph
 Having children 'is bad for your mental health'


1/15/06
The Monitor
New medical treatments mean good news for Valley patients’ health

4/2/06
The Kansas City Star
One couple’s climb to hope

1/17/06
U.S. Pharmacist
Fibromyalgia Syndrome: An Update for Pharmacists


1/17/06
Cyberonics Reply
Vocal Side-Effects with VNS

4/13/06
The Dominion Post
Plea to limit shock therapy

1/18/06
The Austrailian
 Weight of misery


1/18/06
Post-Gazette
Implantable device is FDA-approved, but some doubt its efficacy

4/25/06
WBAY Green Bay
Shock Therapy for the 21st Century

1/19/06
Batesville Daily Guard
Ear stapling Miracle diet or dangerous fad



1/18/06
Post-Gazette
Pitt develops wireless version of nerve stimulator

5/1/06
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
Memory and cognitive effects of ECT: informing and assessing patients

1/21/06
New York Times
Medical Devices Are Hot, Which Is Why Guidant Is



1/18/06
Cyberonics
Cyberonics Announces Closure of Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) for Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD), Lifetime Reimbursement Guarantee for All TRD IDE Study Patients and $15 Million TRD Indigent Care Program

5/5/06
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Today's talk shows are no fun for former host and still-candid Cavett

1/23/06
The Daily Texan
Study shows exercise helps fight depression



1/24/06
Cyberonics' Quality Systems Receive ISO 13485:2003 Certification; New Harmonized Standard Compatible With FDA Quality System Regulation (QSR)

5/16/06
Times Union
 Should pain play a part in learning?

1/24/06
The New York Times
'Come Again?' Good Medicine Requires Clarity



1/29/06
Wisconsin State Journal
 New depression treatment in Madison

5/25/06
Medicine News
p11 appears to help regulate signaling of the brain messenger chemical serotonin
1/27/06
Reuters
Antidepressants may affect immune system


1/30/06
University of Connecticut
Implant procedure offered for treatment-resistant depression

5/28/06
Sun Journal
OUT OF THE SHADOWS


1/27/06
Toronto Star
Fish oil for the brain
Can omega-3 treat major depression?
Researchers to study role in 580 person trial


February 2006
Continental Inflight Magazine
Success and its side effects
5/30/06
New York Times
Age Is No Barrier to Lifting Depression's Heavy Veil



2/3/06
Surgical Procedure Is an Additional Tool for Some Cases of Treatment-resistant Depression

6/12/06
About.com
Electroshock Therapy
Speaking from Experience

1/29/06
Brain Connection
The Day His World Stood Still



2/3/06
Diagnosing Depression In Children

6/16/06
Society for Women's Health Care
Briefing Focused on Advances in Research and Its Application to Patient Care

1/29/06
Brain Connection
Brain Scans As Lie Detectors? Our Own Lying Thief Checks It Out



2/4/06
Hernando Today
Depression... more than just sadness

6/19/06
Xagena Search .net
Major depression, electroconvulsive therapy improves quality of life for at least six months




2/5/06
Missourian News
Electric pulses ease depression

6/22/06
International Anesthesia Research Society
Anesthetic Considerations for Magnetic Seizure Therapy: A Novel Therapy for Severe Depression

1/30/06
Reuters UK
Magnetic therapy may help control major depression



Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database - (MAUDE) 6/23/06
Washington Post
In Politics, a More Upbeat Mood About Depression




February 2006
COMMITTEE STAFF REPORT TO
THE CHAIRMAN AND RANKING MEMBER
REVIEW OF THE FDA’S APPROVAL PROCESS FOR
THE VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION THERAPY
SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION

7/9/06
Iowa City Press-Citizen
June Judge a tireless disabilities activist





7/11/06
The Independent
 The trouble with Sylvia




2/6/06
 NeuroCybernetic Prosthesis System (NCP) Overview
7/12/06
Orange County Register
Therapy explores mind's dark places

January-February 2006
Saturday Evening Post



7/13/06
YubaNet.com
On Suicide Prevention




2/6/06
Cyberonics
Coverage Denials Overturned
August 2006
IngentaConnectg
 Recent advances in optimizing electroconvulsive therapy

1/31/06
Associated Press
Study: Pregnancy May Not Help Depression




8/3/06
Washington University in St. Louis
Quality of care varies for older adults with depression




2/9/06
The University of Kansas Medical Center
KUSM-W psychiatrists' research provides new hope for depression patients

8/5/06
Current Psychiatry
Woman loses 30 years of memories after electroconvulsive therapy

2/1/06
Bloomberg.com
Brain Scans Show Link Between Lust for Sex and Money (Update1)



2/15/06
Mental Health Journal
Making All the Right Moves for VNS Therapy

8/6/06
The Independent
 Dr Rufus May: One man and a bed

2/1/06
Amherst Timese
CHOCOLATE INGREDIENT MAY BE BASIS FOR NEW COUGH MEDICINE



INSURANCE COVERAGE PETITION
8/6/06
INS News
Of Straitjackets and 'Shadowland'

2/3/06
Associated Press
Like Many, King Sought Out Mexican Clinic



2/16/06
Reuters
US senator questions Cyberonics device approval

8/6/06
The News-Sentinel
Journal Gazette
Driving away the demons

2/5/06
New York Times
Searching for the Person in the Brain



2/16/06
Cyberonics Responds to Senate Finance Committee Staff Report

8/8/06
Mayo Clinic
Video: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): One woman's journey

2/6/06
Current Psychiatry
Make tardive dyskinesia passé with PASST principle



2/16/06
Hernando Today
Advocate seeks insurance for new depression treatment
8/11/06
Scoop Independent News
Annual report on ECT statistics released
Friday, 11 August 2006, 11:46 am

2/7/06
New York Times
Depression in Pregnancy Poses Treatment Challenge



2/17/06
Clinical Trials.gov
Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Fibromyalgia

8/15/06
The following items (ECT) are recovered postings from the original message forum that was hacked and destroyed on August 15, 2006 (work in progress).



2/1706
Kaisernetwork.org
Daily Health Policy Report
8/15/06
The following items (Types of ECT) are recovered postings from the original message forum that was hacked and destroyed on August 15, 2006 (work in progress).
2/7/06
New York Times
When Death Is on the Docket, the Moral Compass Wavers



2/20/06
U.S. News and World Report
Fixing Your Brain
8/15/06
The Dominion Post
Shocks given without consent

2/8/06
Psychiatry Matters
Major depression and suicide attempt increase seizure risk



March 2006
NAMI Columbus News and Notes
A New Option for Treating Chronic and Recurrent, Treatment-Resistant
Depression: Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy

8/16/06
The Scotsman
Depressed man hired a shotgun and took his life





8/17/06
The Daily Post
Rotorua electric shock capital





8/18/06
The Daily Post
Psychiatrist defends use of electric shock therapy





8/1906
The Daily Post
'Shock therapy saved my life' 





8/19/06
Milwaukee Journal Sintinel
 My family's daily war





8/21/06
The Vanguard - University of South Alabama
Medical Feature: Electroconvulsive therapy
Beyond Prozac





9/1/06
ESPN
The heart of Jeff Reardon's darkness





9/3/06
Amarillo Globe News
 Mentally ill need not suffer silently




March 2006
Spectrum On Line
 Psychiatry's Shocking New Tools

9/5/06
The Post-Standard
Would-you-agree-to-electroconvulsive-therapy?

2/8/06
Psychiatry Matters
Partner violence common among suicidal inpatients



3/1/06
The Providence Journal Co.
Mark Zimmerman and Gabor Keitner: Can surgery cure depression?

9/5/06
The Psychologist
A shocking treatment?

2/8/06
New York Times
Killings Loom Over Debate on Treating Mentally Ill



3/2/06
7 News On Line - Ft. Lauderdale
Beat the Blues

9/5/06
The Post Standard
Would you agree to electroconvulsive therapy?

2/10/06
Archives of General Psychiatry
Increased Hippocampal Plaques and Tangles in Patients With Alzheimer Disease With a Lifetime History of Major Depression



3/6/06
The Enquirer
A closer look at your inner eye

9/12/06
Helath Care
In two minds

2/11/06
British Medical Journal
Case reports of suspected adverse drug reactions—systematic literature survey of follow-up



3/9/06
The AMA CPT Editorial Panel
2006 Changes to CPT Coding

9/14/06
Worcester News
Electric shock therapy outrage




3/13/06
39 WFTC - Minneapolis-St. Paul
Treating Depression

9/17/06
The Columbus Dispatch
Rare surgery targets severe depression

2/13/06
Time Magazine
Happiness Isn't Normal



3/16/06
TCS Daily
Bionics Beats Brain Disorders

9/17/06
The Boston Globe
The First Lady's Shocking Story
2/14/06
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SSRI exposure linked to infant withdrawal syndrome



3/16/06
Reuters
Cyberonics jumps on insurance reimbursement hopes

9/18/06
Newsweek
'I Feel Good, I Feel Alive'
2/14/06
New York Times
More and More, Favored Psychotherapy Lets Bygones Be Bygones



3/20/06
Healthfair 11
A light in the darkness of severe depression

9/18/06
American Chronicle
My Antidepressant Doesn't work. What Can My Psychiatrist do?

2/16/06
Journal Clinical Psychiatry
Maternal depression tied to psychopathology in offspring



3/21/06
Washington Post
Mood Machine
Now There's a Device to Treat Depression. If Only There Were Solid Evidence That It Works

9/18/06
ABC News
Kitty Dukakis: Shock Therapy Saved My Life

2/22/06
New York Times
Why Doctors So Often Get It Wrong



3/21/06
Kalamazoo Gazette
Nerve stimulation may curb cravings

9/19/06
The New York Times
Shock Therapy Loses Some of Its Shock Value
2/24/06
Aetna InteliHealth
Caregiver Stress: Is There Help for the Helpers?



3/21/06
Government Trials.gov
Study Comparing Outcomes for Patients With Treatment Resistant Depression Who Receive VNS Therapy at Different Doses

9/22/06
CBS - Boston
Kitty Dukakis Promotes Soft Side Of Shock Therapy

March 2006
WebMD
Biofeedback Trains Mind, Body to Make Changes



3/24/06
Author Releases New Edition of Book about Vagus Nerve Stimulation, the Only FDA-Approved Long-Term Treatment Option for Chronic Depression

9/23/06
MetroWest Daily News
Kitty Dukakis: Shock treatment was a miracle

March 2006
Archives of General Psychiatry
Depressive Symptoms, Vascular Disease, and Mild Cognitive Impairment



3/24/06
RedOrbit News
New Ceramic Technology Contributes to Advances in Medical Implants

9/23/06
Ms. Juli Lawrence - ect.org
Position Statement

3/2/06
Psychiatry Matters
Brain white-matter hyperintensities linked to antidepressant outcome



3/27/06
Tufts Medical Education
The Vagus Nerve

9/24/06
Manilla - The Sunday Times
Only a nut would dare take psychiatric nursing lightly



3/27/06
Los Angeles Times
The future holds more than pills

9/25/04
Playbill Arts
Malcolm Arnold, Composer for Concert Hall and Cinema, Dies at 84

3/2/06
Psychiatry Matters
Cognitive decline not directly influenced by depression



3/31/06
CounsellingRsource.com
More on Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression

9/27/06
CBN News
Depression, a Widely Misunderstood Ailment

3/2/06
ABC News - Excerpt from a book
'YOU: The Smart Patient



3/31/06
Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Cerebral blood flow changes during vagus nerve stimulation for depression

9/27/06
South Carolinia's The State.com
What’s more shocking — that electroconvulsive therapy is still around, or that some doctors and patients say it really works?




April 2006
Neurosurgery
Subpectoral Implantation of the Vagus Nerve Stimulator.





4/2/06
New York Times
A Depression Switch?




4/3/06
Star Tribune.com
Implant eases depression - or does it?


3/7/06
Reuters
Depressed girls at risk of partner abuse as adults



4/3/06
VNS Parameter Settings

October 2006
Academy of Psychosamtic Medicine
Catatonia After Liver Transplantation
3/10/06
Doctor's Guide
Advisory - Newer Antidepressants Linked to Serious Lung Disorder in Newborns



4/3/06
VNS Parameter Settings (Better Form)

10/1/06
Portsmouth Herald
Dispelling myths about mental illness




4/4/06
Belfast Today
No place like home after years of depression

10/2/06
The Oklahoman
Some say the therapy is inhumane. Others say it has saved their lives

3/15/06
Associated Press
Study: Most Get Mediocre Health Care



4/4/06
About.com
Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression and OCD

10/13/06
ECT.org
Comments to “Shock Therapy Loses Some of Its Shock Value”

3/15/06
PR Newswire Association
Novel StressEraser Technology Wins Helicor, Inc. the Frost & Sullivan 2006 Technology Innovation Award



4/9/06
The Des Moines Register
A controversial device in the fight against depression

10/20/06
The News-Sentinel
Electroshock therapy still around, and some say it works

3/16/06
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Incredible Opportunity Leads to Discovery of Neurons that Detect Novel Objects



4/11/06
The North Platte Telegraph
 Former NP woman has new lease on life

10/26/06
Town on line
'A miracle' for treating depression

3/20/06
Medscape
Physicians on the Take



4/13/06
Corante and Columbia Business School
Depression Targeted with Neurodevices Not Drugs

10/29/06
Yuri's Message Forum
not doing so great - ECT

3/21/06
PsychiatricMatters.MD
Adverse life events trigger depression in people at genetic risk



4/16/06
Arizona Daily Star
 Implant easing severe depression

11/15/06
The Boston Globe
Two insightful views into shock therapy

3/23/06
LiveScience.com
Sleep Deprivation: The Great American Myth



4/17/06
Reuters - UK
Sleep-wake mix-up may lead to near-death sensation

12/3/06
Chicago Tribune
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST


3/27/06
Bio-Medical Central
The impact of fathers' physical and psychosocial work conditions on attempted and completed suicide among their children



4/21/06
Reuters
Cyberonics off as Aetna denies coverage for device

12/5/06
Archives of General Psychiatry
Continuation Electroconvulsive Therapy vs Pharmacotherapy for Relapse Prevention in Major Depression

3/30/06
Post-Gazette.com
Study touts low cost of wider mental health coverage



4/24/06
Reuters
Congress should strengthen FDA, report finds

12/21/06
EarthTimes.Org
Electroconvulsive Therapy Causes Permanent Amnesia and Cognitive Deficits, Prominent Researcher Admits

3/31/06
Reuters
Study fails to show healing power of prayer



4/24/06
MEDICAL ALERT - FLASH DRIVE

12/24/06
The Trouble with Spikol
Funday: ECT study shocks. Ha ha.

4/6/06
The Sydney Morning Herald
Secret sickness



4/26/06
Reuters
Obesity and technology: Can the stomach be fooled?

12/24/06
San Francisco Chronicle
Psychiatry's electric evolution
A new shock therapy or the same old charges?

4/7/06
Reuters
Electrical stimulation of stomach curbs eating



4/27/06
HeraldToday.com
Now there's a device to treat depression; if only there were solid evidence that it works


4/7/06
New York Times
F.D.A. Plans to Intensify Oversight of Heart Devices



4/28/06
PRNewswire-FirstCall
Cyberonics Announces Launch of TRD Patient Registry


4/8/06
Playfuls.com
Parkinson's Treatment Linked to Gambling



4/29/06
Globe and Mail
The on switch


4/8/06
Times Online
We’re sick of being shy



4/29/06
Palestine Herald-Press
New treatment helps depression


4/10/06
New York Times
Blasting of Kidney Stones Has Risks, Study Reports



5/1/06
Cyberonics
Cyberonics Announces 1,100th Patient Treated With VNS Therapy(tm) for Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) Since FDA Approval


4/12/06
The Canadian Jewish News
Depression more common than you think, panel told



5/1/06
Motorsport.com
CyberSpeed Racing Is California-Bound

4/17/06
Akron Beacon Journal
Doctors not immune to sales pitches



5/2/06
Long Island Newsday
A last resort for depression

4/18/06
New York Times
A Slight Change in Habits Could Lull You to Sleep



5/2/06
Seizure
Vagus nerve stimulation and cognition





5/4/06
Pharmaceutical Business Review on Line
Cyberonics: depressing times?


4/20/06
New York Times
Study Finds a Link of Drug Makers to Psychiatrists



5/5/06
Press Release Newswire
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Depression to be a Major Presentation at the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting-May 20th-May 25th


4/20/06
Reuters
 Mental illness writers had industry ties: study



5/11/06
The Journal of Pharmacology and experimental therapeutics
Effect of Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Serotonergic and Noradrenergic Transmission


4/23/06
The Infinite Mind
DEPRESSION IN THE BRAIN



5/12/06
WJZ Baltimore
Vagus Nerve Stimulator Promises Help For Depressed


4/25/06
The Plain Dealer
Fixing the heart of depression



5/15/06
Movement Disorders
Effect of vagal nerve stimulation in a case of Tourette's syndrome and complex partial epilepsy





5/16/06
Boca Raton News
Do you suffer from GAD?


4/26/06
Associated Press
Replacing Recalled Heart Devices a Risk



5/17/06
Yahoo Finance
Cyberonics Announces Patient Enrollment in New TRD Dosing Study


4/27/06
New York Times
Doctors Urge Safety Panels for Devices



5/18/06
Reuters
Cyberonics' depression ad is misleading: US group


5/3/06
eMaxHealth
Medicare Provides Payment Increase, Policy Changes For Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities



5/19/06
Yahoo Financial News - Press Release
Cyberonics Provides Update on Annual American Psychiatric Association Meeting Activities and Recent VNS Therapy Publications


5/3/06
The Independent
“Stigma-buster” battles toxic myths



5/19/06
The Morning News
Cyborg City: Or How We Came To Live With The Chip


5/5/06
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Panic and fear induced by deep brain stimulation



5/21/06
Technology Review
The Future of Neurotechnology


5/8/06
The University Daily Kansan
Swing low, fly high: Bipolar disorder affects college students


5/22/06
Yahoo Financial News - Press Release
Leading Psychiatrists Present Findings in Toronto


5/10/06
Chipas Centro de Midios Independientes
Many psychiatrists have little or no training in how to communicate with people


5/22/06
Yahoo Financial News - Press Release
Two-Year Data Showing Unprecedented Durability of Antidepressant Response in TRD Patients Treated With VNS Therapy Presented at Annual American Psychiatric Association Meeting


5/11/06
Press Release Newswire
Electroboy Fights Stigma of Mental Illness


May 2006
eMPULSE
Living Better with Epilepsy or Depression


5/12/06
Press Release Newswire
New Study Finds Botox Effective Treatment for Depression



Spring 2006
NARSAD Research Newsletter
Volume 18 Issue one
2006 Research Grants


5/15/06
The New York Times
For a Kennedy, Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness Becomes Personal



5/22/05
Yahoo Financial News - Press Release
Two-Year Data Demonstrating Poor Long-Term Outcomes for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression Treated With Treatment-As-Usual Presented at Annual American Psychiatric Association Meeting


5/17/06
Reuters
 Americans may take too many vitamins, experts say


5/23/06
Yahoo Financial News - Press Release
Leading Research Institutions Initiate Mechanism of Action Studies on Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression


5/23/06
New York Times
A Career That Has Mirrored Psychiatry's Twisting Path


5/23/06
Citizens-Times
Recent breakthroughs in treatment-resistant depression are promising


5/26/06
MedPage Today
Melancholic Depression Responds Better to Deep Brain Stimulation


5/24/06
Yahoo Financial News - Press Release
Cyberonics Funds University of Texas Study to Compare Cost-Effectiveness of VNS Therapy and Treatment-as-Usual in Treatment-Resistant Depression


5/30/06
The New York Times
A Case in Point for the Maxim 'Do No Harm'



5/25/06
Yahoo Financial News - Press Release
Two-Year Data Showing Decreases in Suicidality in Patients With Treatment- Resistant Depression Treated With VNS Therapy Presented at Annual American Psychiatric Association Meeting


5/30/06
The New York Times
Doctors Struggle to Treat Mysterious and Unbearable Pain



5/25/06
Yahoo Financial News - Press Release
Neuroimaging Research Presented at Annual American Psychiatric Association Meeting Provides New Mechanism of Action Insight for VNS Therapy in Treatment- Resistant Depression


6/1/06
The New York Times
'The Human Behavior Experiments': What Can Be Done in the Name of Obedience





6/2/06
Mayo Clinic
Depression: Supporting loved ones through their battle with depression





6/2/06
Mayo Clinic
Tips for coping with stress



5/25/06
Reuters
 Nerve stimulation has long-term antidepressant effect


6/12/06
WebMD
Depression Drugs May Up Diabetes Risk  Link Not Seen in Those on Diabetes Drugs




5/25/06
United Press International
New depression therapy slow but sure


6/12/06
Ptittsburgh Tribune-Reveiw
Dealing with depression - day by day



5/26/06
Yahoo CYBX message forum
Call the lawyers


6/12/06
Forbes.com
Antidepressants Do Prevent Suicides, Researchers Contend



5/27/06
Kitsapsun.com
Letter to the Web Editor


6/12/06
The New York Times
In Diabetes, One More Burden for the Mentally Ill





6/16/06
Toronto Star
Road rager, mad spouse: Ill or nasty?
Psychiatric labels cast wide net on human foibles



5/30/06
Asheville Citizen-Times
FDA OK’d vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression last year


6/17/06
Medical News Today
Target Women's Depression To Reduce Disability From Chronic Conditions, Suggests Study



5/30/06
Psychiatry Matters.MD
VNS antidepressant effects sustained over long term


6/22/06
Reuter's - Yahoo News
 Omega-3 fatty acids may help kids with depression



5/31/06
Ivanhoe.com
Brain Stimulator Takes Time to Fight Depression, But Benefit Lasts


6/22/06
Timesonline.co.uk
Zapper brings hope to migraine sufferers



6/1/06
Economist.com
Zapping the blues


6/22/06
The Balimore Sun
Family history, stress often trigger disease



6/6/06
Post Gazette
Patients seek unapproved depression therapy


6/26/06
Associated Press
 More defibrillators, pacemakers recalled





6/30/06
CCHR
(Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Psychiatry: No Science, No Cures



6/8/06
The Boston Globe
Problems put FDA under senator's scrutiny


7/1/06
Associated Press
Study: 3rd depression drug rarely helps



6/8/06
PRNewswire
Study Published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Shows Long-Term Treatment- as-Usual Is Ineffective for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression


7/6/06
The City Paper
Vanderbilt researchers to treat Parkinson’s in its early stages





7/6/06
Empire Information Services
MENTAL PATIENTS' TO SET UP TEMPORARY ASYLUM ON STATE CAPITOL LAWN TO FOCUS ON CHILDREN'S ISSUES



6/9/06
The New York Times
Questions Raised on Another Chief's Stock Options


7/8/06
 McMan's Depression and Bipolar Weekly
Special STAR*D Issue - Again



6/12/06
Epilepsy & Behavior
Effect of vagus nerve stimulation on creativity and cognitive flexibility


7/10/06
Mercury News
Science critics make issue of financial ties



6/12/06
Houston Chronicle
Cyberonics confirms SEC inquiry


7/10/06
Genetic Engineering News
Prescription Compliance Continues As Significant Issue - No Improvement Seen - More Than One Third Of Patients Report Not Filling All Rxs - 65% of All Rxs Show Non-Compliance with Directions



6/14/06
Houston Chronicle
Losing credibility not an option for most companies


7/10/06
Medical News Today
Seniors Over 65 If Anxious Or Depressed Prefer Alternative Therapies To Treat Symptoms



6/18/06
Orlando Sentinel
 Depression treatment available


7/11/06
ScientistLive.com
GENE FOR DEPRESSION DISCOVERED





7/11/06
Technology Review
Nanowires in the Brain
Making brain implants safer, cheaper.





7/11/06
NAMI
National Survey Finds Depression Costs Nearly Tripled for Individuals With Limited Access to Care



6/20/06
eMedia Wire
Discovery Health Channel to Feature Medical Breakthrough Treatment for Depression, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, June 26, 9 p.m. EDT


7/12/06
Tri-City Herald
Mentally ill center of study




6/20/06
San Antonio Express-News
Device offers new hope for depression


7/13/06
New York Times
Medical Journal Says It Was Again Misled



6/22/06
WebMD
Psychiatrists Talk About VNS Therapy For Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD)


7/13/06
First Coast News
A Popular Prescription Connected to Compulsive Behavior


7/24/06
Richard Rudolf Letter of Reconsideration
to CMS (Medicare)





6/25/06
The Detroit News
Device, not drugs, for mental illness


7/14/06
Forbes
Suicidal Americans Missing Out on Care


6/27/06
Asheville Citizen-Times
Battling depression


7/15/06
The Australian
From wheelchair to football field in a day


6/29/06
PRWeb
AllMed Healthcare: Should Case Managers Approve VNS (Vagal Nerve Stimulation) Therapy For Major Depression?


7/18/06
Associated Press
 JAMA says docs misled over industry ties





7/20/06
U.S. Pharmacist
Sleep Apnea: Patient Information



6/30/06
Autonomic Neuroscience
Autonomic response and Fos expression in the NTS following intermittent vagal stimulation: Importance of pulse frequency


7/21/06
New York Times
Report Finds a Heavy Toll From Medication Errors




July 2006
Neuropsychopharmacology
VNS Therapy in Treatment-Resistant Depression: Clinical Evidence and Putative Neurobiological Mechanisms


7/22/06
New York Times
Indictment of Doctor Tests Drug Marketing Rules






7/24/06
Portland Tribune
There’s a third party in the exam room



July 2006
Cyberonics Manual for Professionals
VNS Therapy - Depression Information
Pulse Generators


7/24/06
New York Times
Rules Planned for Industry Ties on F.D.A. Boards



July 2006
Psych-pharmacology
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor serum concentrations in depressive patients during vagus nerve stimulation and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation


7/26/06
Kansas City Star
A Tourette’s syndrome patient underwent a rare surgery in hopes of getting his life back.


7/3/06
WTNH.com
Fighting for insurance coverage for new therapy


7/31/06
Reuters
 Magnetic stimulation of brain aids stroke recovery



7/3/06
Emerging Technology Trends
'Touching' the brain


August 2006
American Psychiatric Association
The Evolution of the Consumer Movement




August 2006
American Journal of Psychiatry
Beyond Evidence: The Moral Case for International Mental Health





August 2006
American Journal of Psychiatry
Subcutaneous Apomorphine for Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome



7/4/06
Naplesnews.com
Patients seek unapproved depression therapy


8/3/06
The Ledger Post
Hopes raised, deflated
Brain implant surgery not always successful for Parkinson's sufferers



7/4/06
The Insurance Policy
People In Connecticut Suffering From Depression Fight For Insurance Coverage


8/6/06
Associated Press
Antidepressants prove addictive to some





8/7/06
Eureka Alert
Study suggests anesthetic agent may have rapid antidepressant effects



7/5/06
PRnewswire
New Peer-Reviewed Publication Authored By Leading Scientists Provides Comprehensive Review of VNS Therapy Mechanism of Action in Treatment-Resistant Depression


8/13/06
New York Times
Panel Suggests Using Inmates in Drug Trials



7/6/06
Courant.com
A Last Resort


8/13/06
New York Times
Planned Medicaid Cuts Cause Rift With States



7/6/06
PR Leap.com
Should Case Managers Approve VNS (Vagal Nerve Stimulation) Therapy For Major Depression?


8/22/06
New York Times
A Quest for Better Sex Meets ‘Not Now, Dear’




Marketbash

9/1/06
Associated Press
Some co-eds evicted for suicide attempts



7/9/06
Ms. Donna Baum (birdbomb)
VNS Message Board
Cyberonics Manuals

9/20/06
New York Times
A Psychiatrist Is Slain, and a Sad Debate Deepens



Ms. Donna Baum (birdbomb)
VNS Message Board
Removing The Leads


9/24/06
New York Times
What if It’s (Sort of) a Boy and (Sort of) a Girl?



7/10/06
San Antonio's Express News
Nerve stimulation may help depression when other therapies fail


October 2006
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Not Your Father’s Lobotomy: Psychiatric Surgery Revisited



7/12/06
PR Newswire
FDA Also Approves Next Generation VNS Therapy Model 250 Programming Software


10/1/06
CBS News
Changing Minds: Area 25



7/13/06
PR Newswire
Cyberonics Sponsors Symposium On Latest Therapeutic Strategies For Treatment- Resistant Depression (TRD) at Collegium Internationale Neuro- Psychopharmacologicum (CINP) Meeting


10/5/06
Fortune
Boston Scientific paid too high a price for Guidant





10/7/06
Tallahasee Democrat
It's time to call for a vote on mental-health parity



7/16/06
Time
How Deep-Brain Stimulation Works


10/10/06
New Jersey.com
Diary of a bipolar survivor





10/12/06
Science Daily
Internet Of Long-term Benefit For Depression



7/17/06
Florida Medicare
Received response today from Dr. Corcoran


10/16/06
New York Times
Doctors Say Electric Pulses Aided Brain-Damaged Man





10/16/06
Chicago Sun-Times
Pact gives mentally ill options



7/18/06
PR News
Cyberonics Receives FDA Real-Time Review Approval for New VNS Therapy Perennia Lead


10/19/06
Chicago Tribune
Halloween plea: Drop `psycho' holiday theme



7/18/06
Wall Street Journal
Medical Journal to Issue Correction On Review of Depression Treatment


10/20/06
New York Times
New Nerve Test, a Moneymaker, Divides Doctors



7/19/06
Genetic Engineering News
EnteroMedics


10/22/06
The New York Times
Living With Love, Chaos and Haley



7/21/06
PR Newswire
Federal Court Dismisses Putative Securities Class Action Complaint Against Cyberonics


10/29/06
Reuters
Web health info seekers tend not to check sources


7/24/06
Mayo Clinic
Vagus nerve stimulation: A new depression treatment option


10/30/06
Reuters
 Depression can weaken bones, Israeli study shows


7/25/06
New York Times
Correcting the Errors of Disclosure


10/31/06
Associated Press
 Black suicide attempts worse than thought



7/28/06
Times Herald-Record
 Behind those testimonials


11/1/06
Associated Press
 Landmark govt. study examines depression


7/29/06
Newsweek
Drug Debate




7/31/06
El Paso Times
Implanted device helps fight drug-resistant depression
Giving new hope


11/5/06
Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Clinical trials to start on device that fights obesity



August 2006
American Psychiatric Association
Goal setting for recovery


11/5/06
New York Times
Germs Never Sleep



August 2006
Psychiatric Times
Repetitive TMS: Depression Indication Sought


11/7/06
Reuters
Brain chemical linked to child-abuse perpetuation



August 2006
British Journal of Psychiatry
DEPRESSION: AETIOLOGY, OUTCOME AND TREATMENT


11/7/06
New York Times
It May Come as a Shock



August 2006
British Journal of Psychiatry
Preliminary findings of an open-label study


11/7/06
New York Times
A Neuroscientific Look at Speaking in Tongues



8/1/06
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Vagus nerve stimulation in patients with Alzheimer's disease: Additional follow-up results of a pilot study through 1 year.





8/1/06
PR Newswire
Cyberonics Revises Guidance for FY07 and Confirms Receipt Of Nasdaq Staff Determination Letter


11/9/06
Psych Central
Depression’s Chemical Imbalance Explained



8/1/06
eMedia Wire
Electrotherapy for the Masses: Distribution of FDA-cleared Electrical Device Offers Hope for Millions


11/9/06
New York Times
Insurer Sued for Refusing to Pay Costs of Anorexia


8/4/06
Wall Street Transcript
Neurology Sector a key topic in Wall Street Transcript Medical Devices Issue


11/11/06
New York Times
Troubled Children
What’s Wrong With a Child? Psychiatrists Often Disagree


8/6/06
Dayton Daily New
Chronically depressed people are reporting positive results from vagus nerve stimulation.


11/13/06
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Embracing intimacy


8/7/06
CMS
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
NCA for Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Resistant Depression (TRD) (CAG-00313R)


11/15/06
CTV News Canada
The science behind appetite


8/7/06
NCA Tracking Sheet for Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Resistant Depression (TRD) (CAG-00313R)


11/15/06
Medical Technology
Neurological movement disorder substantially reduced by deep brain stimulation therapy



8/8/06
Reuters
Blue Cross to again reject Cyberonics device


12/3/06
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Meditation joins array of tools for depression



8/8/06
NPR (National Public Radio)
Topical Currents
Depression and Vagus Nerve Stimulation


12/5/06
New York Times
Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects



8/8/06
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Technical Evaluation Center
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment Resistent Depression


12/5/06
FDA Patient Safety Notice
Possible Association between Lamictal and Cleft Lip/Palate


8/10/06
Medicare Database Coverage
View Public Comments for Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Resistant Depression (TRD) (CAG-00313R)


12/11/06
Newsweek
Minds and Magnets


8/11/06
Eyewitness News 9
New Treatment For Depression Not In A Pill


12/19/06
Global Research
Chavez Landslide Tops All In US History



8/11/06
The Enquirer
Pacemaker for brain good news for some


12/25/06
Associated Press
 MySpace users big targets for ID thieves



8/12/06
Herb's recent correspondence with Dr. Ely Pelta


12/27/06
New York Times
As Minds Age, What’s Next? Brain Calisthenics



8/12/06
Pub Med
Acute and Long-term VNS Effects on Pain Perception in a Case of Treatment-Resistant Depression.


12/28/06
Associated Press
Mental health bill to face House vote



8/13/06
Philly Blurbs.com
Official invents hiccups remedy





8/15/06
The following items are recovered postings from the original message forum that was hacked and destroyed on August 15, 2006 (work in progress).





8/25/06
Wall Street Journal
Medical Journal Editor to Quit In Wake of Disclosure Oversight





8/26/06
Recent correspondence with noted Psychiatrist, Dr. Ivan Goldberg





8/27/06
Neurotech Business Report
Gold Electrode Awards to be Presented at 2006 Neurotech Leaders Forum in San Francisco





8/28/06
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Bulletin





8/28/06
Donna Baum's (Birdbomb) Communist State
The VNS Message Forum





8/29/06
Yahoo Health Groups
Magnet Question





8/30/06
Yahoo Health Groups
A friend sent me this "warning" on VNS, everyone's opinion appreciated





9/1/06
Yahoo Health Groups
Discussion about parameter settings.





9/2/06
L.A. Times
In Treating Depression, Persistence Can Pay Off





9/4/06
Suffolk News-Hearld
Husband says therapy is closest thing to a miracle





9/5/06
Suffolk News-Herald
Husband says therapy is closest thing to a miracle





9/6/06
Reuters
Watchdog group wants Cyberonics device off US market





9/6/06
Public Citizen Letter





9/6/06
ABC News
A Flip of a Switch, and Depression Is Gone





9/10/06
New York Times
Battle Lines in Treating Depression





9/10/06
VNS Message Board
Communism at work as usual..  A little snip here and there and we won't let anyone know.





9/11/06
PRNnewswire
Metropolitan Capital Advisors and Related Parties Disclose 7% Ownership of Cyberonics; In Letter to Board, Reaffirms Its Intention to Seek Election of its Three Nominees to Company Board





9/11/06
Therapeutics Daily
New data from the United States and Canada lluminates research in healthcare





9/11/06
Doc Wazzy - NY Stock Exchange opening bell.





9/11/06
PRNewswire
Cyberonics Provides TRD Post Approval Patient Access and Outcomes Update





9/11/06
NY1 News
New Law Could Help Depression Sufferers Get Health Care They Need





9/11/06
The Nobelsville Ledger.com
Nerve therapy helps woman cope with depression





9/12/06
VNS Message Board
Device defects and overstimulation





9/12/06
New York Times
Cyberonics Investors Press to Elect 3 Directors





9/12/06
Yahoo Finance
Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Tr





9/15/06
Time Warner Cable
Vagus Nerve Stimulator Therapy





9/18/06
Press Release Newswire
Marketing Campaigns Driving Growth in the US Neuromodulation Device Market




9/18/06
North County Times
Epilepsy, depression in focus at House of Blues event





9/19/06
Doctor's Guide
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Shows Benefits for Treatment of Resistant Depression: Presented at ECNP





9/19/06
Cognitive and behavioral neurology
The influence of vagus nerve stimulation on memory.





9/20/06
WCCO - CBS
Implantable Device Can Help With Depression





9/20/06
Newswise
Scientist Weighs in on Mind-Body Medicine at Dalai Lama Meeting





9/22/06
The Journal of ECT
Concomitant use of vagus nerve stimulation and electroconvulsive therapy for treatment-resistant depression.





9/22/06
Associated Press
FDA Sets Panel Meeting to Review Depression Device That Could Compete With Cyberonics





9/22/06
Charleston Daily Mail
Device offers hope in treating depression





9/22/06
FMNN - Free-Market News Network
THINKING YOUR WAY TO GOOD HEALTH





9/22/06
Correspondence relating to VNS and TMS





9/24/06
The Norman Transcript
A second chance




9/26/06
 Northstar Neuroscience





9/27/06
KARE 11 News Sports
Marathon entrant has already come a very long way.





9/28/06
Reuters
Nerve stimulation promising for Alzheimer's





9/28/06
Seed Magazine
An 'Om' A Day Could Keep Inflammation at Bay










October 2006
American Psyschiatric Association
Successful Use of VNS for Depression





October 2006
American Journal of Psyhciatry
The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Mood Disorders





10/2/06
KFOXTV
Health Watch: Nerve Stimulation Helping Patients With Depression





10/6/06
Yahoo Financial News
Form 8-K for CYBERONICS INC





10/5/06
8WISHTV
New Treatment For Common Mental Illness





10/7/06
Herald Today
Patients caught in fight on nerve device for treating depression





10/9/06
NEWS 3 WRBL
Battling Depression With Science





10/12/06
VNS Message Board
VNS for Depression, Need input positive side of VNS





10/13/06
VNS Message Board
Device shorting out??, Shots of lighting?





10/13/06
Yuri's Message Forum
Taking a little break for awhile





10/15/06
KETV-7 Omaha
Pacemaker-Like Therapy Reversed Patient's Depression





10/19/06
Houston Chronicle
FDA Delays Meeting on Depression Device
(Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)





10/19/06
CBS-4 Boston
Electronic Chip Successful In Treating Depression





10/19/06
VagusNerveStimulation Bulletin
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services





10/21/06
Jen's VNS Therapy Diary
Implant turned OFF





10/22/06
VNS for Depression Message Forums
TMS





10/23/06
Journal of Neurotrauma
Recovery of function after vagus nerve stimulation initiated 24 hours after fluid percussion brain injury.





10/25/06
New Scientist.com
Patient groups special: Swallowing the best advice?





10/26/06
The Tyee
The New Lobotomy?





10/26/06
NARSAD
NARSAD Hosts 18th Annual New York Mental Health Symposium, Oct. 27th & 28th





10/26/06
Haaretz.com
(Electromagentic) field of dreams





10/30/06
Pub Med
Vagus nerve stimulation acutely alters food craving in adults with depression.





11/1/06
 Anesthesia & Analgesia
Vagal nerve stimulation: overview and implications for anesthesiologists.





11/1/06
PRNewswire
Metropolitan Capital Files Application in the Delaware Court of Chancery to Require Cyberonics to Hold the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders





11/1/06
KUTV
Electrical Device Now Able To Fight Depression





11/2/06
Earth Times.org
Corrupt Government Officials Assist Insurers to Wrongfully Deny Patients Life- Saving Treatments in Wisconsin, According to Fight-Corruption.com





11/5/06
Associated Press
Device to ease depression stirs debate





11/6/06
Form 8-K for CYBERONICS INC
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Other Events, Financial Statements and





11/6/06
Houston Business Journal
NASDAQ outlines terms for Cyberonics stock listing





11/8/06
PRNewswire-FirstCall
Cyberonics Revises Sales Guidance for the First Half of FY07





11/9/06
The State Journal
New method worked where others failed





11/12/06
Reuters
Most defibrillators buried with patients: study





11/13/06
Science Direct
P300 is enhanced in responders to vagus nerve stimulation for treatment of major depressive disorder





11/13/06
Times Record News
 'Only chance'





11/14/06
The Repository
Surgical relief for depression





11/14/06
Reuters
Cyberonics shares up 17 pct as Icahn takes stake





11/15/06
Cyberonics
Important Safety Alert 11/15/06





11/20/06
Evansville Courier
Handling depression: Patient seeks VNS Therapy as 'last hope'





11/20/06
PRnewswire-First Call
Cyberonics Audit Committee Concludes Stock Options Review





11/20/06
Houston Business Journal
Cyberonics CEO, CFO resign in wake of stock options probe





11/21/06
Brain Research
Vagus nerve stimulation may protect GABAergic neurons following traumatic brain injury in rats: An immunocytochemical study.





11/21/06
USA Today
 Special report: Insiders made nearly $50M trading a money-losing company's stock





11/22/06
Presszoom
How One Man Overcame TRD (Treatment Resistant Depression) To Become The Internet's Top Cartoonist





11/28/06
PRnewswire
Major Cyberonics Shareholders Demand Removal of Kevin Moore as Director and that He Return Fees and Stock Options Awarded While He Was Improperly Serving on Board





11/29/06
Reuters
Scientists harness mysteries of the brain





12/1/06
Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
Emerging treatments for depression





12/6/06
Medical News Today
Controlling Confusion -- Researchers Make Insight Into Memory, Forgetting





12/7/06
Washington University in St. Louis
From dreaming of rockets to treating depression





12/7/06
Reuters
Israeli scientists probe deeper to lift depression





12/8/06
Definitions of Frequency and Pulse Width





12/8/06
   Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look
New York Says No to VNS





12/10/06
Star Tribute
Intellectual whirlwind





12/11/06
Lifestyle - Kings County Journal
Back to life: New treatment lets Bellevue woman successfully deal with bipolar disorder





12/11/06
Health News Digest
Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2007





12/12/06
Clinical Trials
Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Fibromyalgia





12/13/06
Edgar On Line
Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement, Change in Directors or Principal O





12/18/06
Empire Informational Services
Lead Plaintiff Cyberonics Investor's Group Have Filed an Amended Complaint Against Cyberonics, Inc.





12/18/06
PRNewswire First Call
Cyberonics Receives Third Staff Determination Letter





12/18/06
Edgar Online
Form 8-K/A for CYBERONICS INC
Change in Directors or Principal Officers




12/18/06
The Paramus Post
Surgical relief for depression





12/19/06
  Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look
A VNS Debate




12/23/06
vns-for-depression
VNS for Depression regarding whether or not to try vns





12/26/06
Reuter's
US FDA panel to review studies of Cyberonics device





12/27/06
VNS Message Board
Loose Lips Sink Ships





12/28/06
VNS Message Board
Loose Lips Sink Ships