The electrical stimulation isn’t strong enough to cause pain or unpleasant sensations, although experiencing your head being turned all on its own would probably be an unsettling feeling for many.

Picture being put into a hot frying pan, he said, and then someone holding you down on that pan forever. The fiery, shooting pain got so bad that he quit his job, stopped playing sports and had to ...

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that electrically stimulating macrophages—one of the immune systems key players—can reprogram them in such a way as to reduce inflammation and ...

The two researchers from Graz University of Technology have been awarded the prestigious European funding prize of around 1.5 ...

Researchers can literally enhance a person's math skills for up to six months with some electrical stimulation to the brain.

The US Food and Drug Administration is again proposing a ban on electrical stimulation devices used to reduce or stop self-injurious or aggressive behavior, the agency said in a statement Monday.

Some people use a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit to treat pain. This device works by sending electrical impulses through the skin. It may give people relief from the ...

Electrical stimulation (e-stim) therapy uses small electrical impulses to help relax muscles and promote healing. Research shows that e-stim may not help with RA, but there‘s no harm in trying.

Noninvasive electrical zaps, tuned specifically to individual brain-activity patterns, appear to reduce checking, hoarding and other compulsions for up to three months ...