The device uses electrical pulse to stimulate nerve that links the brain with the stomach the theory is that electrical pulses interfere with appetite signals between the stomach and brain.
Brain stimulation device to lose weight.
The doctors are testing out a product modius which claims to help people reach their goal weight by simply wearing a device on their head.
National institutes of health study.
A new implantable device approved by the fda on tuesday would send electrical pulses that target the nerve that tells your brain.
In the study published in the journal obesity in november gluck and her team administered non invasive brain stimulation transcranial direct current stimulation tdcs which uses a constant low current delivered directly to the brain via small electrodes to a small group of people with obesity for 40 minutes a day on three consecutive days while another group got a sham treatment.
Jason mckeown joins to discuss how.
Can this device trick your brain into helping you lose weight.
Jason mckeown joins to discuss how it works and the doctors put it to the test.
The doctors discuss the wearable device modius designed to use brain stimulation to curb your appetite.
Jason mckeown the modius founder claims the device sends an electrical current to the hypothalamus in the brain signaling it to reduce fat storage in the body.