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Doctors could hack the nervous system with ultrasound

Doctors could hack the nervous system with ultrasound

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·June 9, 2025
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elric

> One day, an AI system might be able to guide at-home users as they place a wearable device on their body and trigger the stimulation.

How would that work? Do we even have a reliable way of detecting localized places of internal inflammation? The article mentions ultrasound imaging, but this is beginning to sound a lot like a "if all you've got is a hammer" type thing.

What about other localized inflammatory conditions, such as asthma?

M0r13n

> But in people with diabetes, this sensing system is dysfunctional, and the liver releases glucose even when blood levels are already high, causing a host of health problems.

I am pretty sure, that the dysfunctional glucose sensing and inappropriate liver glucose release are consequences and complications of diabetes, not the primary causes. Diabetes (Type 2) is primarily caused by insulin resistance combined with progressive beta cell dysfunction.

Therefore, treating the liver to treat diabetes seems .... weird?

layer8

I understand the treatment to address those secondary consequences and complications, not the primary causes of diabetes.

M0r13n

You're right. But they explicitly wrote "we examined the potential of FUS as a treatment for diabetes". So they are discussing a treatment, not just symptom relief

comfrey

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