This article annoys me because TMS is a general treatment, there's no mention in the article of it being particularly suitable for Alzheimers or an involved study of it's use in Alzheimers. The entire premise of TMS lacks the precision of proper medicine at this early stage. It can be reduced to (this is honestly accurate) the following- "lets put a 9 volt charge across the brain somewhere and see what happens". People are getting results but if they are repeatable and then useful is going to be an entirely different matter. There's no evidence that this treatment does anything for plaque deposits.
It's 2017 and we are talking about putting men on Mars but at the same time we know this brain plaque is killing or will kill millions of us in the future but we don't have a way to remove it! Can't we build microscopic pipe cleaners at least!? It's infuriating!
On the company's website it says:
"According to a company release, the study involved 131 patients at nine medical centres in the USA and one in Israel. The study evaluated the safety and efficacy of the neuroAD Therapy System in comparison to placebo, following six weeks of treatment and six weeks of follow-up, using the cognitive and behavioural standard scales for the evaluation of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The study’s positive outcomes confirm and extend the results of former studies conducted across the world with the neuroAD Therapy System. The detailed results of the study will be presented at the International Conference on Clinical Trials for Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD; 8–10 December, San Diego, USA)."
It's 2017 and we are talking about putting men on Mars but at the same time we know this brain plaque is killing or will kill millions of us in the future but we don't have a way to remove it! Can't we build microscopic pipe cleaners at least!? It's infuriating!