Back to Show
Resolve to Solve with Miles O'Brien
Ultrasound Brain Therapy for Addiction
In West Virginia, one of the states hardest hit by the opioid crisis, neurosurgeon Ali Rezai is pioneering a new, non-invasive approach to treating addiction. Using highly focused beams of ultrasound, his team at the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute targets the specific regions of the brain hijacked by compulsive behavior. This modulates neural circuits without surgery, without drugs or surgery.
Support Provided By
27:16
Scientists race to reach Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” before it’s too late to understand it.
27:24
A former executive is bringing jaguars back to a wilderness in Argentina.
27:35
A former mobster hunter turned mayor bets his fading city’s future on offshore wind.
27:30
Extreme heat is the deadliest climate disaster. Scientists in Phoenix and Sydney race to adapt.
25:52
Beavers are nature’s engineers who are reviving areas of the drought-stricken West.
28:23
Cow burps are heating the planet, and one dairy farmer’s seaweed fix might help cool it down.