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The Motley Fool June 27, 2011 Arundhati Parmar	St. Jude Medical's Migraine Treatment: Good for Europe, but Not the U.S.? St. Jude won't comment on whether the company plans to do a second clinical trial or whether it is confident it will win approval from the FDA without it.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Samuel K. Moore	Psychiatry's Shocking New Tools Electronic implants and electromagnetic pulses are picking up where psychoactive drugs have failed.
IEEE Spectrum May 2005 Samuel K. Moore	Zapping Away The Blues Cyberonics Inc. plans to introduce the first implanted device that can treat a psychiatric illness.
IEEE Spectrum October 2008 Samuel K. Moore	U.S. Regulators Approve Magnetic Stimulation Device for Depression Neuronetics' repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation wins long battle for FDA approval. Questions remain about whether insurers will pay for it
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American Family Physician December 1, 2005 Lawvere & Mahoney	St. John's Wort The herb has been found to be superior to placebo and equivalent to standard antidepressants for the treatment of mild to moderate depression. St. John's wort is generally well tolerated, although it may potentially reduce the effectiveness of several pharmaceutical drugs.
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The Motley Fool July 21, 2011 Arundhati Parmar	New Hypertension Treatment from St. Jude Medical? St. Jude management is keeping mum on renal denervation.
Chemistry World July 25, 2012 Nina Notman	Tracking Chemical Changes in the Brain New insight into how deep brain stimulation works could improve treatments for neurological diseases.
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Kate Murphy	Easing Depression Without Drugs Doctors are trying therapies, from implants to herbs, that can cut down on side effects.
Managed Care September 2005 Thomas Morrow	Dual-Treatment Approach to Parkinson's Disease The treatment of Parkinson's disease is complicated. Patients may benefit from a dual approach that uses medical therapy with new innovative treatment systems.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Stimulating Merger St. Jude will be paying $61.25 a share in cash for Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, a robust 30% premium to Friday's closing price. This deal demonstrates that large med-tech players may still be on the prowl for avenues into fast-growing new markets.
American Family Physician January 1, 2007 Shashi & Subhash Bhatia	Childhood and Adolescent Depression Safe and effective treatment of major depression in this age group requires accurate diagnosis, suicide risk assessment, and use of evidence-based therapies.
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Michael Arndt	"Pacemakers" for the Rest of You Slews of tiny devices that deliver electrical stimulation to a wide variety of organs should soon become available.
American Family Physician November 1, 2006 Lurie et al.	Seasonal Affective Disorder Patients with seasonal affective disorder have episodes of major depression that tend to recur during specific times of the year, usually in winter. Like major depression, seasonal affective disorder probably is underdiagnosed in primary care settings.
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The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	St. Jude Is No Lost Cause The No. 3 cardiology company posts solid growth because of continuing implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) market share gains.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 Robert Barker	St. Jude: An Insider Sign To Investors? St. Jude, the patron saint of lost causes, rarely has needed to look out for his namesake, St. Jude Medical (STJ ). Since its birth in 1976, this maker of artificial heart valves, defibrillators, catheters, and sundry other cardiac devices has led a blessed life. It's in excellent health today. So why are insiders dumping the stock?
IEEE Spectrum June 2008 Morgen E. Peck	A Chip to Better Control Brain Stimulators for Parkinson's Michigan engineers are developing a closed-loop deep-brain stimulation device for Parkinson's disease that would listen to the brain while stimulating it
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Nutrition Action Healthletter September 2000	St. John's Wort and All Results from a new American study on the effectiveness of St. John's Wort for releaving depression, as well as possible interactions with other drugs.
American Family Physician August 15, 2002 Ward & Zamorski	Benefits and Risks of Psychiatric Medications During Pregnancy Decisions regarding the use of psychiatric medications should be individualized, and the most important factor is usually the patient's level of functioning in the past when she was not taking medications.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2007 Billy Fisher	Keeping Pace at St. Jude Medical device maker St. Jude Medical has a strong quarter, but investors weren't impressed.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Gene G. Marcial	St. Jude's Bruise Should Clear Up Fast St. Jude Medical (STJ ) tumbled 2%, to $73, after it revealed that the FDA had delayed for a month the approval of its new Epic CRT-defibrillator.
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IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Morgen E. Peck	Researchers Testing New Electric Treatment for Migraines A small DC current through the skull seems to interrupt the headaches and may even prevent them
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Managed Care May 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Depression Programs Might Provide an Edge There may be some costs up front, but there is also an opportunity for health plans to profit as employers' concern about this issue grows.
AskMen.com December 21, 2003 Richard Stevens	Overcoming The Winter Blues Over 10 million Americans start feeling the onset of depression as soon as the skies begin to darken and the days shorten. This type of depression, known as seasonal affective disorder, is well-documented and is a contributing factor to higher suicide rates during the winter months.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Taking St. Jude's Pulse The ICD market is a long-term opportunity, but not a panacea. St. Jude investors should remember that this is a rough neighborhood -- product liability, FDA bureaucracy, and huge, tough competitors live here, too.
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