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Laura Sanders

Brain implants don’t change a person’s sense of self. Hear why

In the fifth episode of The Deep End, Jon Nelson describes depression as a “no-casserole disease,” one...

Hear how people re-learn to live with emotions during brain stimulation

After brain surgery, Jon Nelson and other volunteers are tasked with rehabbing their brain. This job is...

Hear patients with brain implants describe what it feels like

The third episode of The Deep End finds Jon in the operating room as he gets electrodes...

‘It felt like dread.’ Hear what severe depression can do to people

This is episode 2 of The Deep End. Listen to more episodes here. Depression can affect not...

Ozempic’s key ingredient may reduce the desire to drink alcohol

A popular diabetes and weight-loss drug reduced people’s craving for drinking alcohol. The results, from the first...

Wiggling ears may have once helped us hear

Ancient ear-wiggling muscles kick on when people strain to hear. That auricular activity, described January 30 in...

A man volunteered to get brain implants for depression. Hear his story

Meet Jon Nelson. He’s a dad, a husband, a coach and a professional who works in marketing....

Sleeping pills may have unexpected effects on the snoozing brain

So many of us struggle to fall asleep and stay there through the night. About a third...