If yourself or someone you know has ever suffered from depression, then hopefully there was a proactive plan to try and get depression levels under control in some form or fashion. Yes, there are countless drugs and even mental exercises that can assist with depression (I am not a fan of drugs in this case unless absolutely necessary) -- how about "brain stimulation devices" though?

In that vein, an FDA advisory panel advised recently that it had questions on the value of a new brain stimulation device for depression called the Neurostar.

Since this is a new form of "treatment" for depression in every sense of the word, the questions from the panel most likely damaged the device's chances for FDA approval. So what? Things like this need to be scrutinized from every conceivable angle before being placed into service with real people.