NEWS AND UPDATES
August 05, 2010
Safety, Tolerability, and Effectiveness of High Doses of Adjunctive Daily Left Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression in a Clinical Setting
Daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) recently received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the treatment of depression and offers an alternative to traditional approaches. This approval was based on a study using 3000 stimuli per day (15,000 stimuli per week) in adults with unipolar depression not taking antidepressant medications. Several meta-analyses suggest a dose-response relationship with TMS. This study was carried out before US FDA approval to test the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of adjunctive high-dose left prefrontal rTMS in a clinical setting with particular attention to safety of higher doses and potential interactions with antidepressant medications, speed of response, and effects on suicidality ...
August 05, 2010
A Symptom-Specific Analysis of the Effect of High-Frequency Left or Low-Frequency Right Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Major Depression
We have investigated the efficacy of high-frequency left (HFL) versus low-frequency right (LFR) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in depression, focusing on specific symptoms as possible predictors of outcome for these two different types of stimulation ...
August 05, 2010
Augmentative repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in drug-resistant bipolar depression
The efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)has been poorly investigated in bipolar depression. The present studyaimed to assess the efficacy of low-frequency repetitive TMS (rTMS) of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) combined with brain navigation in a sample of bipolar depressed subjects ...
August 05, 2010
Quantitative review of the efficacy of slow-frequency magnetic brain stimulation in major depressive disorder
Slow-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the frontal cortex has been suggested as a safer and better tolerable alternative to fast-frequency rTMS in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). The aim of the present study was to examine the efficacy of slow-frequency rTMS to the frontal cortex in MDD ...
June 21, 2010
Daily left prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy for major depressive disorder
Daily left prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been studied as a potential treatment for depression, but previous work had mixed outcomes and did not adequately mask sham conditions. Objective: To test whether daily left prefrontal rTMS safely and effectively treats major depressive disorder ...
Conclusion: Daily left prefrontal rTMS as monotherapy produced statistically significant and clinically meaningful antidepressant therapeutic effects greater than sham.
April 29, 2010
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is Efficacious as an Add-On to Pharmacological Therapy in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Single-session repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the motor cortex (M1) is effective in the treatment of chronic pain patients, but the analgesic effect of repeated sessions is still unknown. We evaluated the effects of rTMS in patients with refractory pain due to complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) type I ...
April 22, 2010
The Emerging Role for Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Optimizing the Treatment of Adolescent Depression
A growing body of research supports the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for the treatment of MDD in adults ... There is, however, limited experience with rTMS as a therapeutic intervention for adolescent psychiatric disturbances. This review will summarize the rTMS efficacy and safety data in adults and describe all published experience with adolescent MDD ...
March 24, 2010
Chasing the elusive memories of Élianne Parent
After suffering total retrograde amnesia from a traumatic brain injury, woman’s memory improving thanks to the work of a Laval University neurophysiologist ...
March 16, 2010
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during capsaicin-induced pain: modulatory effects on motor cortex excitability
Evidence by functional imaging studies suggests the role of left DLPFC in the inhibitory control of nociceptive transmission system. Pain exerts an inhibitory modulation on motor cortex, reducing MEP amplitude, while the effect of pain on motor intracortical excitability has not been studied so far. In the present study, we explored in healthy subjects the effect of capsaicin-induced pain and the modulatory influences of left DLPFC stimulation on motor corticospinal and intracortical excitability ...
March 4, 2010
Contralateral versus ipsilateral rTMS of temporoparietal cortex for the treatment of chronic unilateral tinnitus: comparative study
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied over left temporoparietal cortex has been reported to have a long-term therapeutic effect on tinnitus. We compare the impact of 1 and 25 Hz rTMS delivered either contralateral or ipsilateral to symptoms in 62 patients with unilateral chronic tinnitus ...
February 11, 2010
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsies: Rationale and Clinical Experience
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique which, over the last 25 years, has greatly expanded from a simple method for stimulating the motor cortex to an invaluable tool with multiple research, diagnostic and even therapeutic applications. In this review, we discuss the use of repetitive TMS as a means of suppressing cortical hyperexcitability in drug-resistant epilepsies ...
February 10, 2010
Left temporal low-frequency rTMS for the treatment of tinnitus: clinical predictors of treatment outcome - a retrospective study
There is increasing evidence that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can reduce chronic tinnitus. However, treatment results are characterized by high interindividual variability. Therefore, the identification of predictors for treatment response is of high clinical relevance ...
February 9, 2010
Unilateral low frequency versus sequential bilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: is simpler better for treatment of resistant depression?
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) efficacy in the treatment of major depression has been shown in both low frequency right-sided and high frequency left-sided stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the hypothesis of an additive effect of bilateral stimulation compare to sequential to unilateral stimulation. Sixty patients with treatment-resistant depression were ...
January 29, 2010
Motor cortex rTMS reduces acute pain provoked by laser stimulation in patients with chronic neuropathic pain
To assess the modulation of acute provoked pain by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the motor cortex in patients with chronic neuropathic pain ...
January 29, 2010
Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in alcohol dependence: a sham-controlled study
To study the anticraving efficacy of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the right dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex (DLPFC) in patients with alcohol dependence ...
January 29, 2010
Noninvasive brain stimulation with high- and low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder
We aimed to investigate the efficacy of 20 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of either right or left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) as compared to sham rTMS for the relief of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-associated symptoms ...
January 29, 2010
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of epilepsia partialis continua
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a technique for noninvasive focal brain stimulation by which small intracranial electrical currents are generated by a fluctuating extracranial magnetic field. In clinical epilepsy, rTMS has been applied most often interictally to reduce seizure frequency. Less often, rTMS has been used to terminate ongoing seizures, as in instances of epilepsia partialis continua (EPC). Whether ictal rTMS is effective and safe in the treatment of EPC has not been extensively studied. Here, we describe our recent experience with rTMS in the treatment of EPC, as an early step toward evaluating the safety and efficacy of rTMS in the treatment of intractable ongoing focal seizures ...
December 15, 2009
Efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in alcohol dependence
To study the anticraving efficacy of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the right dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex (DLPFC) in patients with alcohol dependence ...
November 10, 2009
Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2.2 Million to Four Clinical Trials for New Parkinson's Interventions
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School will test the potential of noninvasive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to improve both motor and mood symptoms in Parkinson's disease. In October 2008, rTMS was approved by the FDA for the treatment of major depression outside the context of PD. It has also shown promise to alleviate the motor symptoms of Parkinson's. Dr. Pascual-Leone and colleagues, working at four North American sites, will enroll 160 Parkinson's patients whose motor symptoms are significant despite medication and who have been diagnosed with a depressive disorder. The researchers predict that rTMS will improve motor symptoms, depression, or both.
November 4, 2009
rTMS May Be Effective in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Bipolar Depression
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) may be an effective therapy for treatmentresistant bipolar depression, according to the results of a recent pilot study led by Guohua Xia, MD, PhD, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis ...
October 27, 2009
Cognitive effects of high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was introduced as a non-invasive tool for the investigation of the motor cortex. The repetitive application (rTMS), causing longer lasting effects, was used to study the influence on a variety of cerebral functions. High-frequency (>1 Hz) rTMS is known to depolarize neurons under the stimulating coil and to indirectly affect areas being connected and related to emotion and behavior ...
October 07, 2009
Antidepressant efficacy of high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in double-blind sham-controlled designs
For more than a decade high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been applied to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) in search of an alternative treatment for depression. The aim of this study was to provide an update on its clinical efficacy by performing a meta-analysis involving double-blind sham-controlled studies ...
August 19, 2009
rTMS gives stroke patients new hope for recovery
When Frank McKinney began therapy at Dr. Lumy Sawaki's lab, his right arm was bent permanently to his chest and his fingers stayed perpetually clenched. Although McKinney had worked hard to relearn how to walk and talk after a stroke two years earlier, his arm remained mostly useless. Yet weeks into his new therapy, he can slowly extend his arm and introduce himself with a handshake ...
August 18, 2009
MindCare Centres’ patient testimonial (AH Schizophrenia)
"… After the first (rTMS) treatment, I noticed that the voices were gone. I also found that I had not realized how depressed I really was. Once the voices were gone, my depression quickly lifted. For the first time in years, I felt happy. I did not know what happiness felt like before rTMS…."
August 13, 2009
Effects of bilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on treatment resistant auditory-verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial.
Neuroimaging findings implicate bilateral superior temporal regions in the genesis of auditory-verbal hallucinations (AVH). This study aimed to investigate whether 1Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the bilateral temporo-parietal region would lead to increased effectiveness in the management of AVH, compared to left rTMS or placebo ...
August 5, 2009
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) clinical guidelines for the management of major depressive disorder in adults.
In 2001, the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) partnered to produce evidence-based clinical guidelines for the treatment of depressive disorders. A revision of these guidelines was undertaken by CANMAT in 2008–2009 to reflect advances in the field. There is renewed interest in refined approaches to brain stimulation, particularly for treatment resistant major depressive disorder (MDD) ...
July 23, 2009
A study of the effectiveness of high-frequency left prefrontal cortex transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depression in patients who have not responded to right-sided stimulation.
The objective of this study was to explore the response rate to high-frequency left-sided repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in patients who had failed to respond to right-sided low-frequency stimulation, and to investigate whether there was differential efficacy between stimulation at 5 or 10 Hz. Data from two randomized controlled trials were pooled ...
July 9, 2009
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation improve tinnitus in normal hearing patients: a double-blind controlled, clinical and neuroimaging outcome study
Tinnitus is a frequent disorder which is very difficult to treat and there is compelling evidence that tinnitus is associated with functional alterations in the central nervous system. Targeted modulation of tinnitus-related cortical activity has been proposed as a promising new treatment approach. We aimed to investigate both immediate and long-term effects of low frequency (1 Hz) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in patients with tinnitus and normal hearing ...
June 8, 2009
Magnetic fields test ‘reflexes’ of autism.
rTMS is viewed as a promising experimental tool for understanding and treating Autism Disorders.
Source: Boston Globe Online
June 1, 2009
RTMS may be a good choice for pregnant women with depression.
Source: Arch Womens Ment Health 2009.
June 1, 2009
Anxiolytic effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation—an alternative treatment option in anxiety disorders?
Source: J Neural Transm 2009.
June 1, 2009
One-year follow up of patients with chronic tinnitus treated with left temporoparietal rTMS.
Source: European Journal of Neurology 2009.
August 19, 2009
rTMS gives stroke patients new hope for recovery
Source: Lexington Herald
August 18, 2009
MindCare Centres’ patient testimonial (AH Schizophrenia)
"… After the first (rTMS) treatment, I noticed that the voices were gone. I also found that I had not realized how depressed I really was. Once the voices were gone, my depression quickly lifted. For the first time in years, I felt happy. I did not know what happiness felt like before rTMS…."
August 13, 2009
Effects of bilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on treatment resistant auditory-verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia: A randomized controlled trial.
Source: Schizophr Res.
August 5, 2009
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) clinical guidelines for the management of major depressive disorder in adults.: IV. Neurostimulation therapies
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders
July 23, 2009
A study of the effectiveness of high-frequency left prefrontal cortex transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depression in patients who have not responded to right-sided stimulation.
Source: Journal of Psychiatric Research
July 9, 2009
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation improve tinnitus in normal hearing patients: a double-blind controlled, clinical and neuroimaging outcome study
Source: European Journal of Neurology
June 8, 2009
Magnetic fields test ‘reflexes’ of autism.
rTMS is viewed as a promising experimental tool for understanding and treating Autism Disorders.
Source: Boston Globe Online
June 1, 2009
RTMS may be a good choice for pregnant women with depression.
Source: Arch Womens Ment Health 2009.
June 1, 2009
Anxiolytic effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation—an alternative treatment option in anxiety disorders?
Source: J Neural Transm 2009.
June 1, 2009
One-year follow up of patients with chronic tinnitus treated with left temporoparietal rTMS.
Source: European Journal of Neurology 2009.
May 5, 2009
OPEN HOUSE INVITATION
MindCare Centres of Canada, the leading international provider of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy [rTMS], proudly announces the opening of their new location in suite 1116 of the Fairmont Medical Building on 750 West Broadway.
The Vancouver MindCare Centres has been treating patients since 2002 and to-date has seen over 600 patients. RTMS is safe, benign, rapid-acting and is an effective form of brain stimulation treatment for depression and other mood disorders with no significant side effects.
We cordially invite you to join us on Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 from 3:00 to 6:00pm for wine and refreshments. We will have demonstrations of the therapy and information packages available.
Date: Tuesday May 12th
Time: 3:00 – 6:00 pm
Place: Suite 1116
Please RSVP to Kate Keetch at kate.keetch@mindcarecentres.com,
call 604.739.7867
or drop by!
We look forward to meeting you and informing you about the benefits and success of this promising treatment option.
April 10, 2009
Global TV: rTMS Therapy
Help for people who suffer from resistant depression is now being offered at a new clinic in Toronto using rTMS therapy. rTMS or transcranial magnetic stimulation is a non-invasive form of brain stimulation that has recently been demonstrated to be an effective way to relieve major depressive disorder. Find out more on tonight's Family Health.
Watch the story following the broadcast
here.
March 30, 2009
Medical Post:
CAMH offering magnetic treatment: Discusses the relationship between MindCare Centres of Canada and a lead mental health research institute, CAMH for the new rTMS Centre of Excellence in Toronto, ON.
February 26, 2009
Canada AM:
Top Picks : Alternative rehab : Canada AM: Dr. Jeff Daskalakis, Brain Stimulus Treatment and Research Program, on a new depression therapy.
Here is the link for the video:
watch.ctv.ca/news/top-picks/alternative-rehab/.
February 5, 2009
Maclean’s Magazine writes about rTMS therapy:
Brain Rewiring: Using magnetic fields to treat depression is gaining favour by Alexandra Shimo.
February 5, 2009
MindCare Centres Canada and CAMH announce it's new joint clinic, the rTMS Centre of Excellence. A media session is
being held at the clinic today from 2:00 pm to 4:00pm. Please
click HERE to view the
press release or call the rTMS Centre of Excellence at 647-344-7867 for more info.
February 3, 2009
rTMS Centre Of Excellence Media Session
The Centre is hosting a media session for health and news media to provide background on the
remarkable rTMS treatment, the services that will be provided to Ontario residents, and the
unique collaboration Mindcare Centre has entered into with a leading national health organization
to open Toronto’s own rTMS Centre of Excellence.
When: Thursday, February 5 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Where: 340 College Street, Suite 405, Toronto (near Kensington Market)
February 2, 2009
Magnets stop the nightmare of tinnitus, researchers say
A study has found that all patients given the treatment experienced some
improvement; a year afterwards, some patients were still tinnitus-free in one or
both ears.
January 20, 2009
MindCare Centres Canada has a new location.
The
Montreal MindCare Centre is the newest Canadian centre. Please view
Montreal MindCare Centre contact and location details here.
January 1, 2009
MindCare Centres Vancouver is starting the New Year in a new location!
We are moving six blocks away from our current location.
December 4, 2008
MindCare Centres rTMS E-newsletter Volume 1 Issue 3.
Your source for the latest information on repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) therapy.
November 20, 2008
CTV Calgary writes about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation:
Magnets help Migraines
November 13, 2008
A Preliminary Study of fMRO-guided rTMS in the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Read the
journal article on Anxiety Disorder here
November 11, 2008
Magnetic Relief For Depression?
Read the article
here
November 10, 2008
A Case of fMRI-Guided rTMS Treatment of Coenesthetic Hallucinations
Read the article
here
October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween from MindCare Centres!
View
MindCare Pumpkin Carving Photos here
October 26, 2008
Intervention Aims to Stop Migraines (Baltimore Sun)
Read the article
here
October 22, 2008
Can magnets help relieve Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? (Science & Technology)
Read the article
here
October 21, 2008
A New Approach to Treating Intractable Cases of Depression (Wall Street Journal)
Read the article
here
October 15, 2008
Magnet Treatment Awakens Car Crash Victim from Coma
Read the article
here
October 1, 2008
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry: rTMS Therapy for Depressive Disorder, Schizophrenia, Auditory Hallucination Schizophrenia, Treatment Resistant Depression.
Read the articles
here
September 19, 2008
NEW MindCare Alert feature now available from MindCare Centres.
To subscribe to receive the latest news on rTMS click
here!
September 10, 2008
Efficacy of rTMS for Major Depression Improved by Coil Positioning and Patient Selection (CPA).
Read the article
here
September 10, 2008
The Ottawa MindCare Centre is now located on the 6th floor at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre in Suite 6451. For more information please contact the Ottawa Centre locally at 613-569-7867 or toll-free at 1.888.726.7867.
August 12, 2008
NEW rTMS location now accepting referrals for the TORONTO rTMS Centre. Please
contact the clinic directly at 647-344-rTMS [7867] with questions or for the
referral process details.
Download the Toronto referral form
here
July 22, 2008
MindCare Centre Vancouver is now hiring!
Please apply
here
July 15, 2008
MindCare Centres July 2008 rTMS E-Newsletter
Read the rTMS e-newsletter
here
July 10, 2008
New Tinnitus Therapy Treatment
Read the article
here
July 9, 2008
Magnet therapy useful for hard-to-treat depression
Read the article
here
July 7, 2008
UAMS Ringing in Ear Study Reported by: KNWA Staff
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here
July 3, 2008
Royal College of Psychiatrists: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation(TMS) effective in treating severe depression
Read the article
here
July 1, 2008
Mental illness a crisis with no end in sight: expert
Read the article
here
June 26, 2008
Headache Specialists Convene in Boston For 50th Annual American Headache Society Meeting
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here
June 24, 2008
MindCare Centres rTMS E-Newsletter Archives now available.
Click here to access the latest issue:
MindCare E-Newsletter.
June 18, 2008
New article: Development in Psychiatry
Read the article
here
June 04, 2008
The National: No longer music to their ears
Read the article
here
June 01, 2008
The Integrative Way: Medical magnets attract attention
Read the article
here
May 19, 2008
The torment of tinnitus
Read the article
here
May 17, 2008
A home remedy for migraine attacks
Read the article
here
May 15, 2008
Magnetic Minds: rTMS for Fatique and Memory Loss
Read the article
here
May 5, 2008
MindCare is now hiring to fill positions in its Ottawa location and upcoming Toronto clinic.
Click
here to apply today!
April 28, 2008
Unexpected reduction in migraine and psychogenic headaches following rTMS treatment for major depression: a report of two cases.
Read the article
here
April 16, 2008
There is Hope for People Suffering from Drug Resistant Depression - Ottawa citizen
Read the article
here
April 14, 2008
Upcoming Friday Lecture at the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research
Iain Glass, President and CEO of NPTx MindCare Centres, will be presenting
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Psychiatry/Neurology at the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research First Friday Lecture for medical professionals, researchers, staff, students and interns on
MAY 2, 2008.
April 8, 2008
Autism symptoms less severe after treatment, says U of L research team
Read the article
here
April 2, 2008
Treatment-emergent mania in unipolar and bipolar depression: focus on repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Read the article
here
March 31, 2008
MindCare Centre is now on Facebook! Join the group today!
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March 6, 2008
Ottawa MindCare Centre, located within the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, demonstrates a
success rate of 89% from patients treated in the first 4 months of operation!
Contact MindCare Ottawa Clinic
Patient testimonials
March 4, 2008
Treatment of Vascular Depression Using Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Read the article
here
February 28, 2008
Deep brain stimulation can reverse memory loss due to sleep deprivation
Read the article
here
February 18, 2008
Brainsway magnetic anti-depressant passes test
Read the article
here
February 15, 2008
Seattleites find relief from chronic pain
Read the article
here
February 15, 2008
Training Course in repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
MindCare Centers: North America’s Leader in the
clinical delivery of rTMS Therapy is offering an extensive
rTMS training course. It is being held at MindCare
Centres’ Head Office in Vancouver, BC, Canada in the
beginning of April 2008.
January 22, 2008
Is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation A New Treatment Of Bulimia Nervosa?
Read the article
here
January 08, 2008
Ottawa MindCare Centre open house photos
See the photos
here
December 28, 2007
Stimulating Muscles May Improve Musician’s Dystonia
Read the article
here
December 20, 2007
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Effective for Depression in Large Trial
Read the article
here
November 23, 2007
New Ottawa MindCare Centre featured on CBC Ottawa local news.
Link coming soon
November 12, 2007
New Ottawa MindCare Centre featured on CTV Ottawa local news
Link coming soon
November 29, 2007
Penn research shows transcranial magnetic stimulation effective in treating major depression
Read the article
here
November 27, 2007
A new clinic opens in Ottawa that offers alternative treatment for mental illness. It's mission: to ease the afflicted mind with an electromagnetic tapdance. A documentary by Kendal Egli
Watch the video clip
here
November 26, 2007
Magnetic pulses to brain can treat depression
Read the article
here
November 22, 2007
rTMS repels severe depression
Read the article
here
November 18, 2007
rTMS added to usual treatment for older patients with depression
Read the article
here
November 13, 2007
Slow-Frequency rTMS Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain.
Read the article
here
November 13, 2007
Effects of unilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex on chronic widespread pain in fibromyalgia.
Read the article
here
November 12, 2007
Postpartum depression
Read the article
here
November 09, 2007
Clinic offers new treatment for depression: rTMS has skeptics, but Royal Ottawa doctor calls it a 'benign' alternative
Read the article
here
November 08, 2007
Mindcare Centre Ottawa Clinic is now Open!
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Here for more detail
October 27, 2007
Mindcare Centres Pumpkin Carving Photos!
For more photos, please visit our
Events page.
October 15, 2007
Mindcare Centres has opened a new Center in Ottawa! Contact us today to schedule appointments.
For clinic location and contact details click
here
October 11, 2007
Metabolic alterations in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex after treatment with high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with unipolar major depression.
Read the article
here
October 05, 2007
Researchers Testing New Electric Treatment for Migraines
Read the article
here
October 03, 2007
Which tinnitus patients benefit from transcranial magnetic stimulation?
Read the article
here
September 30, 2007
Treatment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in a double-blind, randomized controlled study.
Read the article
here
September 30, 2007
Safety of 6-Hz Primed Low-Frequency rTMS in Stroke.
Read the article
here
September 28, 2007
Uncovering Magic in Magnetic Brain Stimulation
Read the article
here
September 14, 2007
Effects of unilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex on chronic widespread pain in fibromyalgia.
Read the article
here
September 11, 2007
Result from World Health Survey: Depression, chronic diseases, and decrements in health
Read the article
here
August 27, 2007
Can holding magnets against your head end the agony of tinnitus?
Read the article
here
July 06, 2007
Vancouver Sun Newspaper: Magnetic Stimulation May Ease Migraines
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here
June 28, 2007
MindCare Centres coverage at the 18th Annual Wellness Show in Vancouver, BC, March 2-5, 2007
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here
June 27, 2007
Update on rTMS as a Treatment for Symptoms of Autism
Read the article
here
June 27, 2007
Dopamine levels after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of motor cortex in patients with Parkinson's disease: preliminary results
Read the article
here
May 28, 2007
Science & Technology: Magnetic Field Found to Stimulate Brain Cells
Read the article
here
May 24, 2007
UK News: rTMS Magnets May Help Alzheimer's Victims
Read the article
here
May 14, 2007
This Wacky Therapy Could Work: rTMS for Autism/Schizophrenia
Read the article
here
May 1, 2007
rTMS for a Good Night's Sleep.
Read the article
here
April 4, 2007
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Muscle Contraction to
Enhance Stroke Recovery: A Randomized Proof-of-Principle and
Feasibility Investigation.
Read the journal
here
April 2, 2007
rTMS Therapy for Medication-Resistant Schizophrenia: A Case
Report of an 11-year-old Boy.
Read the case study
here
March 22, 2007
Stimulation of primary motor cortex for intractable
deafferentation pain.
Read the journal
here.
March 07, 2007
Article on Canadian Health Magazine: Defeating Depression -
fighting depression without drugs
Read the article
here
February 21, 2007
Effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on
chronic tinnitus. A randomised, cross over, double blind,
placebo-controlled study.
Read the journal
here.
February 12, 2007
Long-lasting effects of high frequency repetitive
transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depressed
patients.
Read the journal
here.
January 29, 2007
rTMS for the Treatment of Insomnia - Two Case Reports
Read the journal
here.
January 21, 2007
Article on New Haven Register: Stopping The Voices
Read the article
here
January 19, 2007
Article on TIME magazine: How The Brain Rewires Itself
Read the article
here
December 21, 2006
Effect of daily repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
on motor performance in Parkinson's disease.
Read the journal
here.
June 22, 2006
Magnetic Device May Prevent Migraine - MSNBC Media Article
Read the article
here.
June 12, 2006
CBC Radio Sudbury coverage of rTMS therapy. Listen to the
broadcast
here.
June 6, 2006
New article on The Wall Street Journal: Patients Seek
Off-Label Depression Therapy. Read the article
here.
June 1, 2006
Discussion of rTMS broadcasted on The Current, CBC radio One
(May 29, 2006). Listen to the broadcast
here
MindCare Centres in the Globe & Mail: New Hope for Treating and
Beating Depression (May 23, 2006). Read the article
here.
May 1, 2006
Welcome to the new and improved MindCare Centres website.
This site is intended for Canadian viewing audiences.