The Surgeon General is bringing attention to a serious mental health crisis among young people that is resulting in doubled diagnoses of depression and anxiety and nearly 50 percent higher suicide attempts in adolescent girls since the beginning of the pandemic.

Essential tremors are a debilitating neurological condition that can severely interrupt a person’s daily life. Now doctors are using a new technology to attack the tissues in the brain that are causing the condition with high frequency ultrasound in an outpatient procedure with few side effects.

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Seizures, often associated with diseases such as epilepsy and others, can be devastating, dangerous, and unpredictable. Researchers are working on devices that can warn patients that a seizure is about to occur so they can prepare as much as possible.

Even though COVID-19 cases have risen to unprecedented levels, there are signs that the pandemic may be coming to an end. National experts are hopeful that the end will come soon.

While COVID-19 cases in children are much lower than in adults, public health authorities are still concerned about the low vaccination rate in children aged 5 – 11.

Brain surgery is a common treatment for neurological diseases like epilepsy, but the side effects can be debilitating. Researchers are investigating whether using high intensity ultrasound waves can go into the brain and treat the condition without disrupting other healthy tissues in the brain.