Veterans Are Finding Peace From PTSD Through 'Float Therapy'

This alternative form of therapy has been shown to offer relief from stress, pain, anxiety, and PTSD; all you have to do is float in some heated salt water.

By Donald Crabtree

10 November 37 Views

These Paralyzed People Are Beginning to Walk Again Thanks to Electrical Implant

This groundbreaking new therapy has restored mobility to four paralyzed patients who have not been able to walk for years.

By Jeanne Goddard

26 September 44 Views

After 15 Years in a Vegetative State, Nerve Stimulation Restores Consciousness

The 20-minute surgery was shown to restore a renewed state of consciousness to a patient who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years.

By Jeanne Goddard

25 September 47 Views

Get Tickets For a Tom Hanks Shakespeare Play, Produced and Crafted By Troubled Veterans

40 US veterans have found catharsis and therapy while putting on a breathtaking performance of "Henry VIII" alongside Tom Hanks himself.

By Jeanne Goddard

24 June 34 Views

If You Play Music, You Can Help People Heal By Being a 'Musician On Call'

Through this unique service, musicians can do what they love by helping hospital patients to heal - all by harnessing the sound of music.

By Tiffani Spengler

15 June 31 Views

Hospital Finds Effective Way to Soothe Highly Sensitive Patients Who Fear Needles

For those few patients who cannot be calmed by commonly used distraction techniques, this procedure could be a real godsend.

By Jeanne Goddard

17 June 33 Views

Success of Advanced-Stage Parkinson's Treatment is 'Beyond Researcher's Wildest Dreams'

Researchers are using spinal implants to improve motor function in Parkinson's patients - and the results are particularly exciting.

By Tiffani Spengler

25 April 34 Views

'Proton Therapy' is Noninvasive Treatment for High-Risk Cancers - In Use Today With 'Excellent' Success Rate

This "game-changing" treatment also comes with a minimal amount of side effects - and it has been shown to be less costly than traditional radiation.

By Jeanne Goddard

17 April 34 Views

Boy With Cerebral Palsy Runs the Skate Park in a Wheelchair (WATCH)

Skateboarding in his wheelchair is just the way Atticus Edwards rolls – not only is it therapeutic...it's adorable.

By Tiffani Spengler

14 February 45 Views

Remember the 8-Year-old Girl Who Became Mother to a Duck? They're Now Using Their Cuteness for Therapy

Kylie Brown and Snowflake the Duck are now using their friendship as therapy for other people who may need a feathered friend.

By Jeanne Goddard

30 March 35 Views

Prices of Nearly 400 Anti-Cancer Drugs Slashed by Up to 87%, Expected to Save Patients Millions in India

Hundreds of anti-cancer medications are receiving price cuts as high as 87% thanks to government regulation intended to curb drug profiteering.

By Tiffani Spengler

12 March 40 Views

How Flickering Lights or Electrical Stimulation Might Banish Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

A new field of neurological treatment involving alternating-current brain stimulation may produce success in non-invasive, non-drug clinical trials.

By Blake Isbell

12 August 38 Views

Neuroscientists Discover a Song That Reduces Anxiety By 65% (Listen)

The soothing 8-minute tune was shown to improve heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels in the brain.

By Blake Isbell

14 August 44 Views

Routine Eye Test Can Detect Earliest Stages of Alzheimer's in Seconds, According to New Research

This quick eye test could offer early diagnosis and lead to treatments that are far more effective than current therapy methods.

By Jeanne Goddard

17 March 41 Views

Clinical Research Begins On Cannabis Inhalers Offering Immediate Pain Relief to Cancer Patients in Israel Who Can't Smoke

Research may soon support a new level of immediate pain relief to cancer patients and people suffering from chronic pain in Israel.

By Jeanne Goddard

10 March 37 Views