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Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Chronic or Treatment-Resistant Depression

About Vagus Nerve Stimulation(VNS)

VNS is not brain surgery, although it is a treatment that affects the function of the brain. Vagus Nerve Stimulation uses specific stimulation of the vagus nerve to send stimulation to specific parts of the brain that are involved in mood. It is not like Electro-Convulsive Therapy (ECT), a treatment that involves stimulation of the entire brain and induces convulsions in patients. In fact, patients may not even feel the stimulation from VNS since the vagus nerve does not have the type of nerves that carry pain signals. Nor does VNS interfere with drugs, and patients having Vagus Nerve Stimulation can continue taking their other drugs without worrying about side effects or interactions between drugs.

What is the Vagus Nerve ?

Vagus means “wandering” in Latin, and is the perfect description for the vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body. It averages almost two feet in length and “wanders” throughout the upper body. The vagus nerve starts in the brain, goes down the neck and into the body where if affects the vocal cords, the acid content of the stomach, the heart, the lungs, and other organs. In the brain it projects to areas believed to be responsible for seizures, mood, appetite, memory and anxiety (note 3). However, the vagus nerve cord does not have many pain nerves, so stimulation of the vagus nerve is not painful, although some patients may feel some sensation when electrical pulses are generated.

The History of Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Vagus Nerve Stimulation has been used to treat epilepsy patients for years; the first human clinical trial was in 1988,(note 1) and the FDA approved VNS therapy for epilepsy in 1997 (note 2). So far over 22,000 people worldwide have had VNS therapy (note 3), and it has proven to be a safe and effective treatment for epilepsy. These patients have reported minimal side effects, which have tended to decrease over time. The efficacy of the treatment has also been shown to increase with longer treatment time (note 1).

When Vagus Nerve Stimulation was first approved for epilepsy, some patients reported an improvement in mood. Researchers decided to design a study specifically to measure changes in a patient’s mood and depression due to stimulation of the vagus nerve. In 1999, scientists began the first open label (no placebo group) study for depression with 60 patients. This first study found that there was indeed an improvement in mood for depressed patients. Based on this study, a more detailed and thorough study was designed to determine if Vagus Nerve Stimulation would be a safe, tolerable and effective treatment for chronic depression.

The recently completed one-year, double blind, placebo controlled trial had 235 patients from 21 participating hospitals in the United States, and showed clinically significant improvements due to treatment compared to baseline (note 2). The acute (short-term) phase lasted three months, during which half of the patients received stimulation (treatment group) and half did not (control group). The long-term phase of the study lasted an additional 9 months (for one year total treatment) of stimulation. The HRSD-24 (24 item clinician-rated Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression) improvements observed over the first year were highly significant. The results of this long-term, pivotal study were submitted to FDA in October 2003; the FDA’s decision on the use of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for depression is not anticipated before October 2004 (note 2). Of note, Vagus Nerve Stimulation therapy was approved for use in patients with treatment resistant depression in the European Union in March 2001, and in Canada in April 2001 (note 2) .

How Does Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy work ?

The Pulse Generator (battery) delivers a small amount of electrical current to the vagus nerve intermittently (30 seconds on and five minutes off ) (note 3) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for up to 10 years. The stimulation is delivered automatically, so the patient does not have to do anything. Because there is nothing to remember, compliance is assured. The stimulation is not supposed to be uncomfortable, and some patients do not even feel the stimulation. A nurse at the doctor’s office can adjust the level of stimulation (amount of electricity delivered) if the patient ever feels uncomfortable. In the study currently being reviewed by the FDA, researchers noted several similarities between epileptic and depressed patients (note 4).

One of the most important similarities is that Vagus Nerve Stimulation treatment efficacy improves over time. The longer the patient receives stimulation, the better the results. In addition, both populations of patients share the following:

Assured adherence to treatment regimen
Safety of the procedure
Safety of the therapy
High continuation rates
No drug interactions

What is the surgery like?

Vagus Nerve Stimulation is NOT brain surgery, even though it is an invasive surgical procedure that changes the function of the brain. The stimulator is a pacemaker-like device that generates electrical pulses (Pulse Generator); it is implanted under the skin in the left chest through a small incision. While this may sound like a serious or dangerous procedure, it is not. The FDA has approved the use, and confirmed the safety of this procedure, and 22,000 patients have received the implant to treat epilepsy. The Vagus Nerve Stimulation surgery involves two small incisions, one in the chest and one at the lowest part of the neck. At no time is the brain physically manipulated by the surgeon.

The surgery to implant the NCP System takes 45 minutes to two hours. Local, regional or general anesthesia (putting the patient to sleep) is used during the surgery; the doctor and anesthetist determine which type of anesthesia is best for each patient. Most Vagus Nerve Stimulation patients will have outpatient surgery, (note 3) but some patients may need to stay in the hospital overnight, and in that case they will need a family member or companion to take them home from the hospital.

Learn more about this remarkable device at www.VagusNerveStimulator.com

Charles E. Donovan

Author

Out of the Black Hole: The Patient’s Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression

http://www.VagusNerveStimulator.com

As we all know these days, exercise can bring great benefits to our health and well being. To get the maximum benefit you need it to be a mixture of aerobic and muscle conditioning and strengthening exercises. Many machines and exercise equipment such as treadmills or home gyms will only really give you benefits in one area or the other. Cross training conditioning exercises on the other hand, will give you a good all around workout, benefiting both the strength and the tone of your muscles and also your cardiovascular and respiratory system. This is unlikely to be achieved by any other single exercise instead to achieve the same benefits you would probably have to use several in combination. Using a cross trainer can avoid the need for this and allow you to perform all of your exercises at once making this a very convenient way for busy people to exercise efficiently and achieve health benefits in less time that it would otherwise take.

Cross training conditioning exercises are a great way to do your whole workout without the need to do other activities to make sure that you have covered all areas of your fitness and exercise regime. The low impact step system that is common amongst most cross trainers also reduces the impact, wear and tear and possible injury to your joints normally caused through running.

A good machine combined with the correct instruction can help to make sure that your cross training conditioning exercises give you all the work out your body needs to maintain an optimal level of health and fitness. Of course, you still need to the combine it with a good diet and a healthy lifestyle in order to realize and gain the full benefits. Also don’t forget that other things such as reducing or eliminating smoking and creating low stress levels in your work and personal life can also help you to gain the maximum benefits and promote a higher level of well-being.

Cross training conditioning exercises will actually make your exercise time feel like less of a chore. Using a cross trainer efficiently is much more effective and better suited to maintaining your interest when compared to simply running on a treadmill or doing weights. The all around nature of the activity and the interactive aspects whereby you can set your own level and adjust it while training gives you much more of an interest in what you are doing when compared to some other exercise activities. This also has the benefits of making it more likely that you’ll carry on rather than get bored with the exercise machine and enable you to continue to complete your exercises as a means of enjoyment and relaxation rather than purely for the health benefits.

Timothy Gorman is a successful Webmaster and publisher of Elliptical-Trainer-Solutions.com He provides more elliptical trainer ratings, recommendations and information on how to use elliptical trainers that you can research in your pajamas on his website.

For years the most noticeable public role for Peter Sutherland as chairman of BP PLC was hosting the company’s annual meeting. But after a run of oil spills, dangerous accidents and an energy-trading scandal at BP, the 60-year-old one-time rugby player has charged head first into the scrum.

Last year, the Irish politician and banker forced Chief Executive John Browne to publicly commit to his retirement date. After Lord Browne’s surprise decision last month to leave a year and a half earlier than previously planned, Mr. Sutherland must now buff BP’s image and manage the company’s first executive-suite transition in more than ten years.

Despite a persistent rise in oil prices its shares rose just 4.5 per cent in 2006, in comparison with a 36 per cent increase by Exxon Mobil Corp. and 15 per cent at Royal Dutch Shell PLC. Yesterday, the company reported fourth-quarter net income decreased by 22 per cent, in part reflecting lower production and lower natural-gas prices.

BP, meanwhile, faces U.S. criminal probes on multiple fronts — corrosion and oil spills in Alaska; a March 2005 refinery blast that killed 15 in Texas; as well as its energy-trading practices, with federal officials alleging BP traders manipulated propane markets in 2004. BP denies manipulating markets and says it is cooperating with investigators on all three inquiries.

Mr. Sutherland’s higher profile also underpins a pattern that goes beyond BP: a shift in the boardroom dynamics at many of Europe’s biggest publicly traded companies. Nonexecutive directors here have in the past been criticized for leaving too much decision-making in the hands of powerful executives. In recent times, many companies are moving to shore up their boards with independent and strong directors.

Until the point at which Shell faced an accounting controversy in 2004, Shell’s British holding company had as its chairman a professor of geology. After the controversy, it employed Jorma Ollila, former chief executive officer of Nokia Corp as chairman. Unilever also appointed an external chairman last month to cap a restructuring at the Anglo-Dutch consumer-goods giant.

Mr. Sutherland’s mission at BP from the beginning has always been to focus on establishing a “robust” and independent board structure he said in a recent interview. After short periods as Ireland’s attorney general and Europe’s competition czar, Peter Sutherland took over negotiations known as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva in 1993. There, he clinched the Uruguay Round, a pivotal trade agreement that set the foundations for today’s World Trade Organization. For a man who has achieved so much it is difficult to forsee where he will find his next challenge.

When I get finished teaching you this never-before-seen version of the push-up, you’re going to think that either I’m crazy or a genius or both! Of course, the results you’ll get from it will speak for themselves.

First, we need to set the stage for this version of the push-up.

To begin with, exercises that move your body rather than the weight (such as the push-up) have been shown to fire more muscle fibers than exercises that move the weight rather than your body (such as the bench press). This means that the push-up has the potential to activate a lot of muscle fibers.

Next, we know that exercising in an unstable environment also increases muscle fiber activation. This is because your body compensates for the instability by firing more muscle fibers in order to stabilize the resistance. Anyone who’s run barefoot on sand knows the tremendous work your calves get from it. The same concept is put to work in this exercise.

* NOTE: Effective exercise requires progression, and that is essential for learning to perform this exercise safely. Because you will end up doing it in a very unstable environment, you need to start slowly and work your way into it. Naturally, if you’re an advanced trainer or are used to working in an unstable environment you may progress more quickly.

Only go as far as you’re comfortable with these exercise stages. Each stage holds great benefits but you should always err on the side of caution.

Read through these exercise stages one at a time, then, at the end of the article, you’ll find a link where you can view pictures of each stage.

Stage 1 - Dumbell Push-Ups

Set two dumbells on the floor in the approximate hand position and spacing you would use for a push-up. You will essentially be using the dumbells as push-up handles.

The plates on the dumbell should be round (meaning that they’ll roll) for maximum instability. Use fairly lightweight dumbells, e.g. 15 to 20 pounds each, so they’ll move around more.

This variation by itself is an excellent exercise for beginner to intermediate trainers. You may do this variation with your knees on the floor if you’ve not yet developed the strength for regular, full push-ups.

Stage 2 - Swiss Ball Push-Ups

Set a large Swiss Ball (the inflatable exercise ball) on the floor where you’ve got some space.

Place your hands on the floor in your regular push-up position then set your legs on top of the Swiss Ball. Your shins should be on the top of the ball, placed slightly to the sides so you can use them to maintain your balance.

Do push-ups in this position. You will find that the ball will shift around as you are doing the exercise and you’ll be forced to move your body around to keep your legs on top of it. The ball will roll slightly forward with you as you drop down to the bottom of the push-up position and roll slightly back as you push yourself up.

Stage 3 - Swiss Ball/Dumbell Push-Ups

Now that you’ve experienced instability at both ends of the push-up, it’s time to put them both together and feel the burn!

Be sure you are comfortable with other two progressions before attempting this one and be sure you are not too close to anything should you lose your balance and roll off.

Set the dumbells up as you did in Stage 1 and set the ball up as you did in Stage 2. Place your hands on the dumbells first then set your legs on the ball.

Now do push-ups on three rolling, unstable surfaces!

Make sure you drop down and get a full range of motion (the dumbell handles will allow you to go further down than if you were doing them on the floor).

The first few reps may feel easy but as you continue, you will notice a burning sensation in the deep muscle fibers of your chest. Keep going! This is where it gets good. You are now hitting muscle fibers that have most likely never been effectively worked by standard chest exercises!

And if you think you’re getting a burn on the first set, just wait till you do a few more sets. You’ll feel it across your abs and sides too!

The reason this exercise is so effective is simple: complete instability.

Since the vast majority of chest exercises are performed in a reasonably stable position, there are some muscle fibers that never get fully worked. They aren’t required to work because you’re stabilized.

By placing your legs and both hands on independently moving objects, you demand massive amounts of stabilizing work on the part of your pecs. Your pecs never normally get this work with most chest exercises. Now they’re stabilizing your entire body and your limbs while you’re moving yourself up and down!

All this intense stabilizing work fires many more muscle fibers than are normally required for a push-up, resulting in a tremendously effective exercise for the chest.

To view the exercise progressions explained above, go to: http://www.fitstep.com/Misc/Newsletter-archives/issue8-chest-tip.htm

p.s. click on this link and you’ll receive not only a great tip that can dramatically increase the intensity of this already incredibly effective exercise but a secret Stage 4, which was just too powerful to put into this article.

About The Author

Nick Nilsson is Vice President of BetterU, Inc., an online exercise, fitness, and personal training company. Check out his latest eBook “The Best Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of” at http://www.thebestexercises.com or visit http://www.fitstep.com. You can contact him at betteru@fitstep.com or subscribe to BetterU News, his fitness newsletter at betterunews@fitstep.com.

Are you the type of person who needs both listening devices and a way to view what is happening, too? Well, there is one called the Orbitor that can do both, and it is great for more than just covert operations. Let’s say that you are at a professional baseball or football game, and you just weren’t able to get good seats. Oh sure, you can hear the announcer, but you want to get in on the action a lot more than that.

Not only can you now get a great view of the game and see up close and personal all that is going on, but with the Orbitor, you can hear what is being said on the sidelines, or tune into that heated argument that is going on down on the field and know what is really being said. Good for up to three hundred feet, you can also use the Orbitor to experience nature like never before. Sounds and voices that might have been almost impossible to hear come in loud and clear. You can even listen to whale song that is happening way out in the ocean.

Do you need a discreet way to record voices from across the room? There are listening devices that clip onto your belt and are perfect for use with your voice recorder or video camcorder. There are also listening devices that are actually adapters and are great to use not only with regular, cellular and cordless phones but also hotel and motel phones. Once you plug it into your analog or digital recorder, and put the ear piece in your ear, you can record both sides of any conversation.

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For American students, the U.S. Government came up with a plan that can help a student manage their student loan debt. The plan they came up with is called a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan. It does not matter if you are a recent graduate student, well into your career already, still at school, or in your grace period for repayment of a student loan. For any of those student categories, a Federal debt consolidation loan may be applied for.

Students successful in their application for a federal debt consolidation loan may reduce the amount they need to repay each month, or increase the time that they have to pay off their current debt.

How Does a Federal Debt Consolidation Loan Help a Student Pay Off Their Debt?

For a student who has student loans under several different programs, bringing them all together under one direct Federal Debt Consolidation Loan can make your debts easier to manage. By combining all of your loans into one, you’re only responsible for making one payment to one lender - the U.S. Government. To help make the option of debt consolidation more attractive, there are four flexible payment plans available, including two that which take income and/or income expectations into account.

The Federal Debt Consolidation Loan is Available to Help you Manage your Student Debt.

Student loan debt is not something that you want dragging at your feet like a ball and chain. It provides a good opportunity for students to learn to manage their finances. Even if you are still at school, it is a good time to learn to manage your debt. That will hold you in good stead as a consumer long into the future. For example, if you choose to consolidate all your student debts into one before you leave school, you can lock in an interest rate that as much as .6% lower than if you attempt to refinance later, after you have left and are no longer a student.

For more how a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan can help lower your repayments, and manage your student debt, you can visit the Department of Education’s web site. Once there, you can make use of their online debt calculator at https://loanconsolidation.ed.gov to estimate your projected monthly payment under the various plans.

Can a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan help you manage your debt?

There could be reasons why debt consolidation is not the best solution for any particular student. If a student is close to the end of their repayment term, for example, it may not be worth the work to consolidate. Prolonging the life of your loan is likely to increase the amount you pay overall. If you can afford the higher monthly payments to pay off the debt sooner, you can ultimately save money by doing so.

If, however, you are sure that a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan will be to your benefit, you still need to be eligible for the program. The eligibility guidelines can be found at loanconsolidation.ed.gove/borrower/beligible.html In addition, the list of loans that are eligible for consolidation can be viewed at: loanconsolidation.ed.gov.borrower/bloans.html

Which Federal Student Loan Consolidation Plan is the most suitable for you?

Here are the 4 consolidation loan consolidation plans that are available to choose from:

Standard: The standard repayment plan is fixed-rate, and runs for a maximum of 10 years. The minimum monthly payment is $50.

Extended Repayment Plan: this is a fixed rate plan, with payments extending over the course of 12-30 years. Payments are a minimum of $50, and the life of the loan is dependent on the total amount of the debt.

Graduated Repayment Plan: Under the graduated plan, payments start low and increase, generally every two years. The length of the repayment period can vary from 12 right up to 30 years.

Income Contingent Repayment Plan: The monthly payment is based on a borrower’s annual adjusted gross income, family size and the total amount of direct loans.

If your student loan debt is out of control, or could be better managed, it is worth paying a visit to:

https://loanconsolidation.ed.gov

to see how the federal government can help you with a debt consolidation loan for students.

This student loan consolidation article was written by Roy Thomsitt, owner of the Eliminate Credit Card Debt Now website.

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Borrowers have to offer some assets as security to get a car loan. You’ve to pay a sum of money as a down payment at the time of purchasing a car on lease. You may choose a short loan period to repay your car loan fast. It’s also best if you want to pay a less amount of interest. Good credit profile helps you to take a secured car loan whereas unsecured loans don’t require any security and generally carry high rates of interest. Unsecured loans are the best in case of bad credit history.

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Days are not far when Bad Credit history will have as much financing options as good credit history. In yester years, bad credit was considered as a thing to be ashamed of. And, a very few financing options were available for bad credit history cases. However, this trend has changed drastically in recent years. Nowadays, many financing options are available for bad credit history. The most popular among them is the Bad Credit Personal Loans.

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Personal loans can be obtained either online or in person. However, obtaining a personal loan online can have advantages over the “in-person” transaction.

In the UK and in many other countries, personal loans have helped many people in their emergency financial needs and in funding a vacation. Indeed, personal loans have become an integral part of many lives. This is why many lending companies today are offering personal loans.

Today, an individual has two means of obtaining a personal loan. He may apply for a personal loan by physically visiting the office of a financial institution. Or he may apply for a personal loan by opening the website of an online lending company. How do these two means of obtaining personal loans differ from each other?

In-Person Personal Loans

In obtaining a personal loan using this method, the borrower does all the legwork by physically entering financial institutions such as banks and lending companies to inquire about personal loans. The borrower will inquire about the loan rates and loan terms that may be available. And the borrower will be facing a financial advisor that will provide details about the loan.

Online Personal Loans

In obtaining a personal loan using the online method, the borrower simply connects to the Internet and browses for lending companies that offer personal loans. Many of these lending companies advertise the loan rates that are offered to the majority of their borrowers. And if the borrower has more questions, an online lending company usually has an FAQ (frequently asked questions) page that the borrower can access. The borrower may also send an email to the lending company if he has further questions.

Why Online is Better for Personal Loans

Both methods aim to provide information to the loan applicant so that the loan applicant can make informed decisions. But the online method is better in different ways. The first obvious advantage is that the online method is more convenient. A person can browse more lending companies online than they could physically visit.

Going from one lending institution to another is quite stressful. Thus, instead of choosing the best loan deal, a person will end up with less than best simply because they are tired and just want to have the loan application process over and done with.

Another advantage of using the online method is that there will be no awkward situation whereby the loan applicant wants to withdraw from the sale but the financial advisor is still only half way through the sales pitch! With the online method, when a person decides to no longer continue with the inquiry, they can simply close the browser and move on to another website.

You may freely reprint this article provided the following author’s biography (including the live URL link) remains intact:

About The Author

John Mussi is the founder of UK Personal Secured Loans who help homeowners find the best available loans via the http://www.uk-personal-secured-loans.com website.