ARTICLES OF INFORMATION


VNS Related
2007
ECT
2007
Depression and Miscellaneous
2007



Yuri's Activation Database 2006/2007
1/4/07
American Journal of Psychiatry
A Randomized, Controlled Trial With 6-Month Follow-Up of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Electroconvulsive Therapy for Severe Depression

1/2/07
Book Reviews
How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness



Joyce's Parameters and Setting Changes
1/17/07
Popular Science
Shock to the System
How a radical new implant that zaps patients back to life is upending our understanding of the brain

1/2/07
Reuters
Physical abuse leads to adult depression: study



1/1/07
PubMed
Vagus nerve stimulation therapy in depression and epilepsy: therapeutic parameter settings.

1/21/07
New Haven Register
 Stopping the voices

1/2/07
New York Times
Cookie Conundrum in the Doctor-Patient Drama



1/1/07
VNS Message Board
VNS causes hiccups. Can you stop them?

2/3/07
NWI.com The Times
When antidepressants don't work

1/2/07
New York Times
Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don’t



1/2/07
Associated Press
Clarification: Dec. 28 Cyberonics Story

2/7/07
Harvard Mental Health Letter
Controversial Electroconvulsive Therapy Helps Severe Depression

1/5/07
Reuters
 Bill would require Medicare price negotiation



1/2/07
PubMed
Vagus nerve stimulation potentiates hippocampal LTP in freely-moving rats.

2/13/07
Psych Central
Is ‘Shock Therapy’ Appropriate?


1/7/07
New York Times
Attack of the Zombie Computers Is a Growing Threat, Experts Say


1/3/07
VNS Message Board
It is so pathitic the way this sick man, lurks at my site.


1/8/07
Press Release - Biophan Technologies, Inc.
Biophan Publishes Findings from Workshop with FDA to Define Methods for Measuring MRI Safety of Medical Implants


1/3/07
PubMed
Serial Vagus Nerve Stimulation Functional MRI in Treatment-Resistant Depression.


1/10/07
GovTrack.us
H.R. 1402[109]: Paul Wellstone Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2005



1/4/07
Cafepharma Boards
Very Interesting

7/20/07
ABC News
Electroshock Therapy Gets a Makeover

1/18/07
Time
6 Lessons for Handling Stress



1/4/07
Yuri's Message Board
Odd Messages

7/31/07
ECT.org
A Confession

1/19/07
Time.com
How The Brain Rewires Itself



1/5/07
Edgar On LIne
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

8/6/07
The Trouble With Spikol
Urp!

1/22/07
Reuters
 Depression drugs weaken bones in elderly: study


Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database - (MAUDE) 9/1/07
Nippon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine.
Other treatments for depressive patients

1/29/07
The New Yorker
How doctors think



1/7/07
Herbert Stein Advocacy E-mail
VNS Therapy for TRD (Cyberonics) - Neurological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee meeting to be held on
January 26, 2007

9/27/07
CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Electroconvulsive therapy:
What the internist needs to know

1/30/07
New York Times
The Importance of Knowing What the Doctor Is Talking About




1/7/07
The Financial Express
Fat and not funny

9/27/07
CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Bad reputation, but often effective

1/31/07
News-Press.com
Jail not right for people with mental illness



1/8/07
Azom.com
Bioceramics – Advanced Materials and Processing Techniques Increase Applications Area for Ceramics in Medicine – Morgan Technical Ceramics

10/1/07
Psychiatric Times
Major Studies on ECT for Depression: What Have We Learned?

2/3/07
Ohmy News
Suicide in South Korea Case of Too Little, Too Late



1/9/07
Another good day today.
An invitation


2/10/07
New York Times
A Princeton Lab on ESP Plans to Close Its Doors



1/10/07
Wired News
Exploring the Mind-Body Orgasm


2/11/07
Heather Wokusch
Let’s Go Crazy: The Decline in US Mental Health under Bush



1/10/07
Business Wire
 BioControl Launches International, Multi-Center, Clinical Study of the CardioFit™ System for Heart Failure in Europe, Israel and Australia


2/12/07
Los Angeles Times
The mind, as it evolves



1/10/07
Press Release
Cyberonics Sends Letter to Stockholders


2/14/07
Reuters
US mental health bill moves forward in Congress



1/11/07
Yuri's Message Forum
Need some hope


2/15/07
Associated Press
 Auditors: Billions squandered in Iraq



1/12/07
PRnewswire
Metropolitan Capital Urges Cyberonics Shareholders to Support Committee Nominees and Send Important Message to the Board


2/15/07
Reuters
 Human brain can make new cells, study finds



1/12/07
PRnewswire
Cyberonics' 10-K Report Audit Includes 'Going Concern' Qualification


2/15/07
 Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look
Words of Wisdom



1/14/07
Gold Proxy
2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders


2/15/07
Associated Press
Hallmark Releases New Line of Cards for Situations Like Eating Disorders, Sexual Orientation


1/16/07
OpEdNews.com
The Bush Administration's FDA


2/16/07
Associated Press
 FDA warns consumers of online drug scam


1/16/07
PRNewswire
Urges Stockholders to Reelect Board's Highly Qualified Nominees


2/16/07
Associated Press
 Lying to doctor can mean health risks


1/18/07
PRNewswire
Metropolitan Capital Says Cyberonics' False and Misleading Letter to Shareholders Illustrates Need for Change


2/22/07
 Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look
 Irrelevant Bagel Rant



1/22/07
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Icahn backs dissident group's Cyberonics nominees

3/1/07
 Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look
 Advertising as Education: CME



1/23/07
PRNewswire
ISS and Glass Lewis Recommend Cyberonics Shareholders Vote for Metropolitan Capital Nominees





1/25/07
Reuters
UPDATE 1-Cyberonics studies on time but concerns remain-FDA


3/7/07
Madison.com
Mental illness stigma still workplace specter



1/25/07
Psychosomatic medicine
Vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: behavioral and neural effects on encoding negative material.


3/9/07
Reuters
 Cell phones safe to use in hospitals: U.S. study



1/25/07
Houston Chronicle
Cyberonics to talk with FDA panel


3/14/07
San Diego Citybeat
BECAUSE I SAID SO



1/26/07
CNN Money
FDA to consider depression-fighting machine


4/12/07
Medscape Medical News
 Many Clinicians Believe Religion, Spirituality Benefit Patients' Health CME


1/26/07
TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation)
FDA Device Panel scheduling to Device Panel decision.


4/15/07
Blogcritics Magazine
Intelligence: A Double-Edged Sword


1/26/07
Reuters
Cyberonics to give away depression device in study


4/16/07
Belleville News Democrat
Depression exacts toll on politicians and their families


1/29/07
PRNewswire
Cyberonics Announces Changes to Board of Directors


4/17/07
Reuters
 Fatty acid tied to depression and inflammation



1/29/07
Red Herring
Cyberonics Dodges Bullet


4/17/07
Reuters
Antidepressants' benefits exceed risks: study



1/30/07
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Lead design and initial applications of a new lead for long-term endovascular vagal stimulation.


4/25/07
Popular Science
The Memory Hacker



1/30/07
Business Wire
Critical Therapeutics Licenses Rights for Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device to Innovative Metabolics


4/29/07
The Missoulian
Magnified by incidents like the Virginia Tech shootings, stigma of mental illness may prevent people from seeking help



1/30/07
Future Drugs
Vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders


5/1/07
Associated Press
Pot triggers psychotic symptoms



Jan - Feb 2007
Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology
Induction of central-type sleep apnea by vagus nerve stimulation


5/1/07
DBSA
Coping with a Crisis



January-February 2007
The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society
Left vagus nerve stimulation for depression: first implantation case post-fDA approval and review of the literature.


5/2/07
The Tyee
Brain Surgery 'Frankenstein' Tells His Story



2/1/07
PRNewswire
Cyberonics Announces Third Quarter Sales Guidance


5/2/07
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Proposes New Warnings About Suicidal Thinking, Behavior in Young Adults Who Take Antidepressant Medications





5/2/07
Medscape Medical News
FDA Warns of Counterfeit Prescription Drugs Purchased Online



2/1/07
Houston Chronicle
Cyberonics chairman says job cuts possible


5/7/07
PRNewswire-FirstCall
Technology Helps Women with Implanted Devices be Screened for Breast Cancer with MRI Scans



2/5/07
Medicare Coverage Database
Proposed Decision Memo for Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Resistant Depression (TRD) (CAG-00313R)


5/7/07
Associated Press
Fox urges researchers to speed therapies



2/5/07
Reuters, AP and New York Times
U.S. Medicare rejects Cyberonics depression device


5/10/07
L'Chaim - Jewish Journal
Israel seen as alternative for
less costly health care.



2/6/07
National Coverage Determination(s)
2/5/07 to 3/7/07
NCA Tracking Sheet for Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Resistant Depression (TRD) (CAG-00313R) comment


5/18/07
Associated Press
 Study peeks at how normal brains grow


2/8/07
Bussines Wire
The Law Firm of Goldman Scarlato & Karon, P.C. Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Cyberonics, Inc.


5/29/07
New York Times
Obama Offers Health Care Plan





6/11/07
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
A randomized, double-blind clinical trial on the efficacy of cortical direct current stimulation for the treatment of major depression.



2/9/07
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
Durability of antidepressant response to vagus nerve stimulation (VNSTM)


6/17/07
New York Times
When Is a Pain Doctor a Drug Pusher?



2/11/07
Israel21c.org
Israeli innovation use nerve stimulation to treat heart failure


6/19/07
New York Times
States Face Decisions on Who Is Mentally Fit to Vote


2/13/07
PRNewswire
Cyberonics Becomes Current in Its SEC Filings


6/22/07
Associated Press
FDA issues new safety rules for vitamins



2/22/07
Associated Press
Analysis: Time for Cyberonics to Improve


6/25/07
American Medical Association
Commonly Prescribed Antidepressants Associated With Lower Bone Density in Older Men and Women



2/23/07
PRNewswire
Cyberonics Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2007 Results


6/26/07
New York Times
Study Says Chatty Doctors Forget Patients



2/27/07
Neurology
Breast cancer at site of implanted vagus nerve stimulator


6/28/07
Associated Press
Antidepressants not big risk for defects



2/27/07
Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis LLP
Medical Device Consumer Class Action: Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS)

6/28/06
Pharmacologic Management of Treatment-Refractory Depression
Augmentation/Combination Therapy in the STAR*D Trial  CME/CE



3/1/07
Appetite
Vagus nerve stimulation acutely alters food craving in adults with depression

6/30/07
Diabetes Health
When Diabetes Leads to a Lazy Stomach: The Goods on Gastroparesis



3/7/07
View Public Comments for Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Resistant Depression (TRD) (CAG-00313R)
View comments for periods:
02/05/2007 - 03/07/2007
  

7/1/07
American Journal of Psychiatry
Cosmetic Breast Augmentation and Suicide





7/1/07
Psychiatric Times
Beyond Professionalism



3/8/07
The Street.Com
Dendreon's Date With Destiny


7/8/07
New York Times
The Gregarious Brain



3/12/07
Lake County News Sun
Beating the blues

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7/10/07
Mental Health America
Ask Your Senator to Bring Parity to the Floor!



3/19/07
New York Times
Proposals for Mental Health Parity Pit a Father’s Pragmatism Against a Son’s Passion

7/10/07
Reuters
Former Bush surgeon gen/eral says he was muzzled/



3/20/07
The Boston Channel
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy May Help Some Patients

7/10/07
Medscape Medical News
Suicide Attempt Pattern Is the Same Regardless of Initial Treatment of Depression



3/20/07
Delaware Online
What causes people to faint?

7/25/07
Current Psychiatry
Parkinson’s symptoms or depression? Look for clinical signs



3/22/07
Epilesia
Late Onset Bradyarrhythmia during Vagus Nerve Stimulation.


7/29/07
New York Times
Doing Battle With the Insurance Company in a Fight to Stay Alive



3/23/07
PharmaLive
MUSC Research Offers Hope for Those Resistant to Depression Treatment

8/2/07
Reuters
 Suicide risk in adults lowered by antidepressants



3/23/07
Oshkosh Northwestern
Man battles treatment-resistant depression


8/4/07
EON
Medtronic Develop Pacemaker For The Brain



3/31/07
Journal of physiology and pharmacology
Effect of long-term vagal stimulation on food intake and body weight during diet induced obesity in rats.


8/31/07
Reuters
 Placebo effect may influence depression treatment





9/1/07
Psychiatric Times
Treatment-Resistant Depression: The Role of Gene Factors



4/1/07
Poughkeepsie Journal
Passing out has several possible roots


9/3/07
Associated Press
Scientists test new bipolar remedies



4/3/07
Saint Louis University
Psychiatrist Receives Award to Continue Research on Vagus Nerve Stimulation


9/3/07
Live Science
 Psychiatrists Least Religious Among Physicians



4/5/07
Heart of Illinois
VNS therapy for treatment-resistant depression


9/13/07
Popular Science Magazine
Happiness is a Warm Electrode



4/9/07
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Government Should Pay for a New Treatment for a Grave Condition


9/13/07
New York Times
Mind Over Manual



4/9/07
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology
Motor Cortex Excitability After Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Major Depression.


9/14/07
NARSAD
Top 10 Myths About Mental Illness Based on Nationwide Survey





9/18/07
New York Times
The ‘Poisonous Cocktail’ of Multiple Drugs



4/9/07
Belleview.com
St. Louis researcher: Medicare should pay for depression-fighting device


9/24/07
Associated Press
 Study: Acupuncture works for back pain



4/13/07
WIBW-TV Kansas
New Treatment Offers Hope for Depression


9/30/07
The Last Psychiatrist
Ten Things Wrong With Medical Journals
10/2/07
Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look
Peer Review Is Mediocre at Best



4/16/07
The Commercial Appeal - Memphis Online
Controversial treatment offers hope to depression sufferers


10/3/07
The Trouble with Spikol
Three crucially important words: Against Medical Advice



4/16/07
The Toledo Blade
Nerve stimulation helps some cope with depression


10/7/07
New York Times
Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans



4/16/07
Therapeutics Daily
Treatment-resistant depression aided by VNS


10/7/07
Mental Health America
Canvas



4/19/07
Chicago Sun-Times
A pacemaker for depression


10/11/07
Psychiatry Matters.MD
Placebo effect in depression: Good for patients, relevant to clinicians, and a challenge to researchers



4/22/07
Huntington News
Controversial Treatment for Depression


10/12/07
Reuters
IRS says rich getting richer: report



4/22/07
Counselling Resource
Study Stokes Controversy Over Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment Resistant Depression


10/15/07
Associated Press
 Medtronic pulls defibrillator wires



4/23/07
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
ResMed Issues a Voluntary Recall for Certain 58 Flow Generators


10/17/07
The Journal of Life Sciences
A Chronic Problem



4/25/07
Ohmaha World Herald
Omahan says she's proof device zaps depression


10/20/07
Cleveland Clinic
Deep Brain Stimulation for OCD and Depression



May 2007
Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Brain stimulation for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.


10/24/07
Reuters
 Brain study: Sleepy, grumpy and ... primitive?



5/1/07
Press Release
Cyberonics Announces Organizational Restructuring


10/25/07
Cox.Net Phoenix
Scientists Find New Explanation for Why Some Parkinson's Patients Become So Impulsive



5/1/07
Press Release
Daniel J. Moore Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Cyberonics


11/25/07
New York Times
Dr. Drug Rep



5/1/07
Chicago Tribune
Implant can relieve depression


12/18/07
Medscape
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Effective for Depression in Large Trial



5/1/07
Dow Jones Newswire
Cyberonics cooperating with SFC


12/19/07
The Journal of Life Sciences
When Doctors Really Play God



5/4/07
CMS (Medicare)
CMS Kills the use of VNS for TRD





5/10/07
Reuters
iPods can make pacemakers malfunction: study





5/14/07
Design News
Neurostimulation Comes of Age





5/15/07
Platinum Today
 Up to 45,000 epileptics treated with platinum electrode neuro-stimulation 15th May 2007





6/1/07
Reuters
Cyberonics ex-CEO sues SunTrust for defamation





June 2007
The Journal of ECT
Introduction of vagus nerve stimulation into a maintenance electroconvulsive therapy regimen: a case study and cost analysis.





6/11/07
Cyberonics Organization-new leadership with clear priorities, focused team.





6/14/07
SpiritIndia.com
Neurosurgeon receives award for research for treatment of depression





6/14/07
Journal of neural transmission
BOLD fMRI deactivation of limbic and temporal brain structures and mood enhancing effect by transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation.





6/29/07
Neuroscience
Cortical edema in moderate fluid percussion brain injury is attenuated by vagus nerve stimulation





7/1/07
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services.
Vagus nerve stimulation for severe depression.





7/9/07
PRNewswire-First Call
Cyberonics Names Gregory H. Browne Chief Financial Officer





7/10/07
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)
Vagal nerve stimulation improves cerebellar tremor and dysphagia in multiple sclerosis.





7/12/07
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The blues can be a workplace burden





7/12/07
The Journal of physiology
Nitric oxide mediates the vagal protective effect in ventricular fibrillation via effects on action potential duration restitution - studies in the isolated innervated rabbit heart.





7/16/07
PRNewsrelease-FirstCall
FDA Approves Demipulse and Demipulse Duo Generators





7/19/07
BBC News
 Man suffers five year hiccup bout





7/23/07
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Flexibility in a crisis





7/26/07
Orange County Register
Workers, bosses keep depression secret





7/31/07
HealthTech Wire
Spotlight on functional neurosurgery: Fast-growing subspecialty highlighted during Neurosurgery Outreach Month





8/1/07
MedGadget
New Trial for CardioFit™ System for CHF





8/5/07
Dayton Daily News
Study: Depression No. 1 hurdle for women in terms of workplace success





8/6/07
PRNewswire
Cyberonics Names James A. Reinstein as Vice President, Sales & Marketing, and General Manager, International and Announces Other Management Changes





8/7/07
Edgar on Line
Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits





8/11/07
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery
Vocal cord paralysis after vagus nerve stimulator battery replacement successfully treated with medialization thyroplasty.




8/13/07
  Acta neurochirurgica
Vagus nerve stimulation for depression: rationale, anatomical and physiological basis of efficacy and future prospects.





8/20/07
PRNewswire
New Study Supports Efficacy of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression





8/28/07
Nature Neuroscience
Targeting abnormal neural circuits in mood and anxiety disorders: from the laboratory to the clinic





8/29/07
PRNewswire
Cyberonics Reports First Quarter FY08 Results





8/29/07
Connecticut Post
Pacemaker' for brain helps depression





8/31/07
Edgar Online
George E. Parker, III, increased responsibilities as General Manager, Depression.





9/1/07
Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement
Vagus nerve stimulation: indications and limitations.





9/1/0/7
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica.
Neurostimulation therapies in depression: a review of new modalities.





9/18/07
The Village Voice
The stunning comeback of electroshock and other harrowing treatments for the mentally ill





9/25/07
Your West Valley.com
Climb from purgatory





9/26/07
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Technocitizenship, innovation and the biopolitics of medical devices





10/5/07
Associated Press
Boston Scientific Sells Cyberonics Stake





10/17/07
The Journal of Life Sciences
Rewiring the Brain





10/18/07
Azom Com
Is It Worth Choosing Ceramic for Sealing Electrical Connectors?





10/19/07
Annals of clinical psychiatry
Treatment resistant depression--advances in somatic therapies.





10/24/07
Neuropsychopharmacology
Induction of c-Fos and DeltaFosB Immunoreactivity in Rat Brain by Vagal Nerve Stimulation.





10/24/07
Science Daily
Direct Route From The Brain To The Immune System Discovered





10/27/07
Psychiatry research
Decreased cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of substance P in treatment-resistant depression and lack of alteration after acute adjunct vagus nerve stimulation therapy.





10/27/07
Appetite
Vagus nerve stimulation confuses appetite: Comment on Bodenlos et al. (2007).





11/14/07
Journal of Neurology
Vagus nerve stimulation
effective for focal motor
seizures and focal
interictal parkinsonian
symptoms – A case report





11/17/07
California Brain Injury Association
Vagus Nerve Stimulation: a Possible Breakthrough
in the non-Pharmacological Treatment of TBI





11/28/07
WIBW.COM
 Miracle Zapper Could Reduce Migraines, Depression




12/7/07
Cardiovascular research
Modulation of the myocardial redox state by vagal nerve stimulation after experimental myocardial infarction.





12/16/07
MSNBC.com
How to not let holiday blues color your job





12/18/07
PRNewswire
Cyberonics Licenses Obesity-Related Patents




12/19/07
PRNewswire
Cyberonics Acquires Stroke/Brain Injury Patent Rights





12/20/07
Fortune
A novel, high-tech way to treat obesity





12/20/07
PubMed
Improved Mood and Remission of Symptoms in Long-term Major Depression Using Vagus Nerve Stimulation





12/27/07
The Sheboygan Press
Holiday stress can lead to depression





12/31/07
Concord Monitor
 Finally finding some comfort