Published in Popular Mechanics magazine, February 1999 issue:
Stress Reducer
Future treatments for anxiety, depression and insomnia could be just a little bit shocking.
For reasons that are not entirely known, passing a slight pulsating current from earlobe to earlobe appears to relax some people to the point where these stress-related complaints disappear.
The first of the cranial electrotherapy stimulation devices to exploit this effect, the Alpha-Stim system made by Electromedical Products International of Mineral Wells, Texas, is currently available by prescription only.
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