Non-Medicinal Therapy
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In 2014, Americans spent over $374 billion on medication according to Time. That same year they filed 4.3-billion prescriptions. That’s a whole lotta pills. You have to digest all those pills, then process them. The kidneys, the liver, and the digestive track take a beating. In some cases, the fallout from the medication is worse than the disorder. There could be an easier way, though, through electricity. We may be a long way out from replacing chemotherapy with electrical impulses, but some technologies are trying to do just that. Elf Emmit and Thync wearable aim to reduce your stress by applying controlled electrical impulses to the nervous system.
