A sixty-four year old woman who has suffered depression since she was eighteen is now symptom-free after undergoing a new form of deep-brain-stimulation carried out by a team of neurosurgeonsa at Heidelberg University Hospital and psychiatrists at the Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim. She had previously been unresponsive to medication and electroconvulsive therapy.

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Some people find it difficult to resist the temptation of dessert, even when they are already full, while others find it easy to stop eating. Scientists from the University of Texas now have some insight into why this happens.