Bad migraines? New device approved by FDA literally 'stimulates' your mind with electricity to rid pain

03/12/2014 - 00:00

Eliza Strickland


Pharmaceuticals are so 20th century. Medicine's buzzy new trend is electroceuticals: ways to treat ailments with electricity rather than chemicals. Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new entry into this field, when it gave the nod to a device that prevents migraines by electrically stimulating nerves in the cranium.

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