Once seen as the essence of barbarity, shock therapy is being used more and more in the United States. More than 100,000 Americans receive the treatment every year. Doctors call it ...

His shock treatment is conveyed by a line that is like a delirium tremor; once snared, the eye lopes along in a crazy rhythm, here surprised by a prominent nose, there by a bulging eye, now ...

An experimental therapy known as low-intensity shock wave treatment might improve erectile dysfunction, particularly for men with only mild to moderate sexual difficulties, a research review suggests.

Regulators seeking to end the use of electric shock devices on people with disabilities have been swept into the government upheaval under President Trump.

Additional Photos A patient receives electroconvulsive therapy, better known as electric shock treatment, at Patton State Hospital in California in 1942.

The FDA has banned a form of electric shock treatment used on students with extreme behavior problems. So why is a Massachusetts school still using it?

(Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images) I wouldn’t have dealt with it well at any point, but I am in that hospital getting ECT, and shock treatment messes with my hearing.

King Charles revealed that he’s still undergoing cancer treatment. AFP via Getty Images “But he was very open with the patients about how he was feeling.

A procedure that uses shock waves could help heal pain in the heel.

Images from TV and movies only add fuel to the fire, confusing the truth of shock therapy. Mendlowitz has seen it time and time again, when telling people about her ECT treatments.

Once seen as the essence of barbarity, shock therapy is being used more and more in the United States. More than 100,000 Americans receive the treatment every year. Doctors call it ...

An experimental therapy known as low-intensity shock wave treatment might improve erectile dysfunction, particularly for men with only mild to moderate sexual difficulties, a research review suggests.