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A transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS or TNS) is a device that produces mild electric current to stimulate the nerves for therapeutic purposes.TENS, by definition, covers the complete range of transcutaneously applied currents used for nerve excitation, but the term is often used with a more restrictive intent—namely, to describe the kind of pulses produced by portable ...
A microcurrent electrical neuromuscular stimulator or MENS (also microamperage electrical neuromuscular stimulator) is a device used to send weak electrical signals into the body. Such devices apply extremely small microamp [uA] electrical currents (less than 1 milliampere [mA]) to the tissues using electrodes placed on the skin.
Electroanalgesia is a form of analgesia, or pain relief, that uses electricity to ease pain. Electrical devices can be internal or external, at the site of pain (local) or delocalized throughout the whole body. It works by interfering with the electric currents of pain signals, inhibiting them from reaching the brain and inducing a response ...
Cold showers may also improve mood and energy or mental alertness, which Dr. Rachelle Reed, an exercise physiologist in Athens, Georgia, has experienced, she said. “You sort of feel a little bit ...
August 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM. Ten U.S. service members from the Naval Air Station Fallon were flown in to Reno, Nevada after injuries sustained from a training incident Thursday night, according to ...
Murphy, who currently works as a pediatric intensive care unit nurse at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, graduated from Ranger School on July 19, becoming the first female ...
e. Traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no robust evidence of effectiveness or logical mechanism of action. [ 1][ 2] Medicine in traditional China encompassed a range of sometimes ...
Acupuncture[ b] is a form of alternative medicine [ 2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. [ 3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; [ 4][ 5] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge, [ 6] and it has been characterized as quackery.