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Vagus nerve stimulation relieves severe depression

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People with severe, treatment-resistant depression who received a nerve-stimulating therapy showed significant improvement in depressive symptoms, quality of life and ability to complete everyday tasks after a year, according to the results of a national, multicenter clinical trial led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.  The findings are published Dec. 18 in a pair of papers in the journal Brain Stimulation.