Depression :: Cyberonics depression device
A stopwatch-sized device that uses electrical impulses to treat chronic depression won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
Registry
Autism :: Multiple causes of autism or related disabilities
There is no known single cause for autism, but it is generally accepted that it is caused by abnormalities in brain structure or function. Brain scans show differences in the shape and structure of the brain in autistic versus non-autistic children.
Diabetes :: Islet transplants results in patients with type 1 diabetes
Researchers from 12 medical centers in the United States and Canada, who have performed islet transplants in 86 patients with type 1 diabetes, published their results today in the first annual report of the Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry (CITR). The report (www.citregistry.org) analyzes many factors that can affect the outcome of this experimental procedure for people with severe or complicated type 1 diabetes.