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cover of the September 2008 issue of Circulation

Screen heart patients for depression, AHA says

The American Heart Association has called for routine screening for depression in patients with heart disease, citing a depression rate that is three times higher than in the general population.

Peter J. Goadsby, MD, PhD

Nerve stimulation therapy alleviates pain for chronic headache

A novel therapy using a miniature nerve stimulator instead of medication for the treatment of profoundly disabling headache disorders improved the experience of pain by 80-95 percent, according to a new study from UCSF and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London.

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