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Exclamation CBS Evening News with Katie Couric Chronic Pain Segment
February 19, 2008


New hope for people suffering from chronic pain


The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric tonight, February 19, 2008 (6:30 p.m. EST), will begin a special series looking at cutting edge treatments that are changing lives and easing pain.

Included in the series tonight is a look at the RSDSA-funded clinical study at Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC, titled "Pilot Study on Safety and Efficacy of the Non-Invasive Transcranial Stimulation to Relieve Neuropathic Pain in Patients with CRPS."

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Here is a link to information on the pilot study being discussed tonight (feb,19,08) on CBS.

http://www.rsds.org/3/research/BethI..._02062008.html

"Safety and Efficacy of the Non-Invasive Transcranial Stimulation to Relieve Neuropathic Pain in Patients with CRPS."
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here is the link to the news story on Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n3849876.shtml
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