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Magnet device aims to treat depression patients WASHINGTON - The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression -- a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. If it sounds like science-fiction, well, those woodpecker-like pulses trigger small electrical charges that spark brain cells to fire. Yet it doesn't cause the risks of surgically implanted electrodes or the treatment of last resort, shock therapy.   2008-10-21 FDA takes closer look at complaints from Lasik customers A decade after Lasik eye surgery hit the market, patients left with fuzzy instead of clear vision are airing their grievances before federal health officials.   2008-04-25 Student in beach house blaze mourned A college student who was among seven killed in a North Carolina beach house fire was remembered as someone who easily made friends and was "the center of gravity" when he walked in a room.   2007-11-02 Fire survivor: Jumping was 'only option' A student who survived a beach house inferno by leaping from a third-story window said Tuesday he wasn't sure what woke him up, but he had to make the decision to jump quickly because smoke was filling the room.   Activities:2007 N.C. Beach House Fire   2007-10-30 Campus mourns 7 killed in N.C. fire Students at the University of South Carolina returned to class Monday morning, many still waiting to learn the names of the classmates who were among seven people killed in a weekend beach house blaze.   2007-10-29 Headlines Magnet device aims to treat depression patients 2008-10-21 FDA takes closer look at complaints from Lasik customers 2008-04-25 Student in beach house blaze mourned 2007-11-02 Fire survivor: Jumping was 'only option' 2007-10-30 Campus mourns 7 killed in N.C. fire 2007-10-29 N.C. beach house fire kills 7 students 2007-10-28 Late-starters can benefit from healthy habits: study 2007-06-30 McCain assails Romney on immigration 2007-05-22 GOP hopefuls debate abortion, tax cuts 2007-05-15 Engineers building drug filled tooth 2007-04-04 Recording industry targets colleges 2007-02-21 Colleges helping students pick majors 2006-12-18 Experts: Global warming threatens ruins 2006-11-07 Looking for roots in Africa? DNA search not easy 2006-10-13 Genetic map identifies close to 200 cancer genes 2006-09-07 S.C. scientists find new shark species 2006-06-13 Study Casts Doubt on Glycemic Index 2006-03-01 Most-viewed McCain assails Romney on immigration 2007-05-22 Magnet device aims to treat depression patients 2008-10-21 Fire survivor: Jumping was 'only option' 2007-10-30 N.C. beach house fire kills 7 students 2007-10-28 GOP hopefuls debate abortion, tax cuts 2007-05-15 Recording industry targets colleges 2007-02-21

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