{"id":25665,"date":"2026-01-21T04:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/260120000328-htm\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T04:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:44:00","slug":"260120000328-htm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=25665","title":{"rendered":"Patients tried everything for depression then this implant changed their lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers report that vagus nerve stimulation helped many people with long-standing, treatment-resistant depression feel better\u2014and stay better\u2014for at least two years. Most participants had lived with depression for decades and had exhausted nearly every other option. Those who improved at one year were very likely to maintain or increase their gains over time. Even some patients who didn\u2019t respond initially improved after longer treatment.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2026\/01\/260120000328.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.sciencedaily.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers report that vagus nerve stimulation helped many people with long-standing, treatment-resistant depression feel better\u2014and stay better\u2014for at least two years. Most participants had lived with depression for decades and had exhausted nearly every other option. Those who improved at one year were very likely to maintain or increase their gains over time. Even some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[171],"tags":[12559,2551,12239,15155,12856],"class_list":["post-25665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-conditions","tag-changed","tag-depression","tag-implant","tag-lives","tag-patients"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}