b'Transcranial Magneticwhen there is less time available.Stimulation TMS is also earning a reputation for suc-TranscranialMagneticStimulationcess in the treatment of cocaine addiction. (TMS) is the treatment of the brain, usu- Usingthisintervention,craving,intake, ally the frontal lobes, with a magnetic fieldand cue-induced craving are reduced in emittedfromaspecialtherapeuticdevice.cocaine addicts. The effects of the treat-Recent research confirms the benefit of TMSment are rapid. The 3-minute time inter-for treatment of depression and even drugval required for treatment allows increas-addiction.ResearchersatStanfordUniver- ingthenumberofpatientstreatedper sity developed a variation of TMS, calledday with current devices, thus reducing Stanford Neuromodulation Therapy (SNT),patient discomfort and hopefully reduc-with a remission rate of around 90% aftering drop-out rates.five days of treatment in a double-blind trialCole E, Phillips A, Bentzley B, et al., Stanford Neu-fortreatment-resistantdepression.Depres- romodulation Therapy (SNT): A Double-Blind Ran-sion is the leading cause of disability world- domized Controlled Trial, The American Journal wide. Half of patients with depression haveof Psychiatry, 2021, 179(2): 132-141, at https://doi.treatment-resistantdepression.Theshortorg/10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.20101429; Sanna A, Fattore L, Badas P, et al., Intermittent Theta Burst Stimula-duration of treatment time and its high ef- tion of the Prefrontal Cortex in Cocaine Use Disorder: ficacy means that SNT can be used to treatA Pilot Study, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019, (13): patients in emergency or inpatient settings765, at https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00765.Dietary Zinc May Reduce Migraine RiskResearchers at Chinese PLA General Hos-pital in Beijing analyzed publicly available data from the U.S.National Health and Nu-tritionExaminationSurvey todetermine the zinc intake of people self-reporting mi-graine or severe headache. They compared data from 11,088 American adults between people who reported migraine and thoseIs Ultrasound TherapyTexas, Is this too good to be true? is the withoutmigraine.Theyfoundthatthethe Fountain of Youth? question I often ask. We are examining all people with higher dietary zinc intake haveAnewstudyrevealsthatultrasoundaspects of it to see if it really does work.almost a one-third lower risk of migrainetherapy could delay, stop, or even reverseThese findings have the potential to de-than those who get little zinc in their diets.the aging process. There are scientists inlay or prevent the weakness of aging, and The highest-consuming quintile of the co- Texas who are working on turning backkeeppeoplestrongerandhealthier into hort (15.8 mg or more zinc per day) had thethe clock on human cells by exposing themtheir 70s and 80s. The scientists are plan-lowest risk of migraine. Among people get- tolowfrequencywaves.Theyproposedning a clinical trial to test for safety and to ting high levels of zinc not just from foodthat the process restarts cell division andsee if there is a beneficial effect on age-re-sources, but from supplements (19.3-32.5reinvigorates cell vitality. In an animal test,lated disease. This is the first study to show mg daily), the risk of migraine was evenlow-doseultrasoundhelpedtheanimalsthat senescent cells can be revivedlower. run further and faster on a treadmill. TheKumarS, MarotoR, PowellS,etal.,Rejuvenat-Liu H, Wang Q, Dong Z, et al., Dietary zinc intakesoundwavesaremuchlowerthanthoseingSenescentCellsandOrganismswithOnlyUl-andmigraineinadults:across-sectionalanalysisused by medical scans.trasound,bioRxiv,December2022,at https://doi.of the National Health and Nutrition Examinationorg/10.1101/2022.12.08.519320. [Note: This article is a Survey 1999-2004, Headache, The Journal of HeadI dont think rejuvenation is too strongpreprint and has not been certified by peer review. Pa-and Face Pain, 2023, 63(1): 127-135, at https://doi. aterm,saysleadauthorProfessorMi- persthathave not been formally peer-reviewed should org/10.1111/head.14431. not guide health-related behavior or be reported as con-chael Sheetz, Ph.D., from the University ofclusive.]H ealtHF reedomN ews /s priNg2023 27'