The FDA just approved a new depression treatment—and it doesn’t involve medication

The newly cleared device aims to treat depression by directly stimulating neural activity.

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Would you zap your brain to treat depression?

In December, the Food and Drug Administration cleared a device that uses mild electrical currents to stimulate the brain, marking a shift in how the condition could be treated. Known as transcranial direct-current stimulation, or tDCS, the technology is designed for........

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