Neurosurgeon pioneers Alzheimer's, addiction treatments using ultrasound | 60 Minutes
American neurosurgeon Ali Rezai is pioneering ways to try to help people with drug addiction and with Alzheimer's disease. One experiment focuses beams of ultrasound on the brain.
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66% success for addiction treatment is an incredible statistic! Very encouraging!
Especially considering the fate if they do nothing, I absolutely love science.
Current treatment offers less than 10% success, this is revolutionary.
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@@ceephaxcrew8401seriously!!! My mind was blown watching this!
LSD has higher success rate
Focused ultrasound isn't a miracle cure, but it IS a miracle fix. My Parkinson's tremors were totally abolished in less than 2 hours. My life changed dramatically in the time it takes for a long lunch.
Congrats!
@@usagi_t Thank you my new friend! It's truly amazing and inspirational technology 👏
@@johndutton3679Have you looked Into TPS in Switzerland? ( Transcranial Pulse Stimulation)
Explain more pls
@@josh_7569 Hey Josh I had an aggressive case of Parkinson's which didn't respond to any drugs. So I had Focused Ultrasound surgery and it abolished all my Tremors and alleviated much of the muscle stiffness. Needless to say I think this miraculous technology represents the future. Check out the film I made on KZhead which is called Tremor Documentary 2022. It might just blow you away.
As an Iranian American myself, it gives me great pride to see a fellow Iranian American excel in this incredible field.
Iran is a horrible country
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
What a great comment, i am not of Iranian decent but I share your pride. I’m being selfish but it brings me great pride that he is one of us... American. It is the bring together that is our strength. God bless everyone that shows pride in who they are and contributes to the greater good.
I hope it’s the kind of pride where you are amazed at their work, rather than the kind of pride where people personalize other’s achievements to make themselves feel better about their mundane life
@@WHALEx3 That was brutal.
This man invented a treatment for addiction with a 50-66% success rate among those considered lost causes. Even though the sample size is small, that level of success is unheard of in the addiction treatment community. The success rate for standard treatments for addiction can be as low as 3%.
It just proves that addiction is not an issue of willpower, it’s a disease
And it’s in the beginning stages! Imagine 5-10 years from now, absolutely world changing. I’m hoping this will help the morbidly obese as well vs bypass.
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
This is so amazing! So exciting as well! I have so many friends who lost their lives to this self inflicted disease that have passed away, it’s unbelievable that something like ultrasound could make drug addiction a thing of the past! So incredibly awesome!!! 👏🏻
That is amazing and such great news for the many afflicted by this terrible disease.
Dude is changing lives and medical therapies all at the same time. Amazing.
It is too early to say. Most of these people are just in it to get rich, so the odds are against us.
Maybe. Some of these are just commercials for products, and not really the best option.
@@shakeyj4523 I disagree if your referring to the doctors and his work with ultra sound. He’d make more money opening up someone’s skull by a long shot and so would the hospital. It’s less evasive and shorter recovery time.
@@shakeyj4523 Reducing Tau and plaque by drugs or with the help of ultrasound damaging the blood brain barrier has little to no effect on the progression of Alzheimer's. Addiction is now a "brain disease"?
This is giving me hope!!!!!!!! I have Parkinson Disease...........
My mom is in the beginning stages of Altzheimers.... this made me cry... i hope this will become available .. SOON. PLEASE.
Better earn more money cuz it will be expensive early on , srsly if u want her to get quicker treatment
Have you considered changing her diet? Poorly controlled blood sugar may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's. Some call Alzheimer's “diabetes of the brain” or “type 3 diabetes (T3D)”
im just learning about this disease.... i will definitely look into this... thx!!!@@hackman88
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@@morgoth1946this is a very insensitive thing to say. We also don’t know what will happen in the next couple of years involving medicine.
I just lost my beautiful , sensitive, intelligent son to an overdose two months ago . He struggled with addiction for twenty years. This is bittersweet for me and gives me hope for others who struggle with this horrible disease and other diseases that are ending the “bright light” of so many of our loved ones. God Bless this man.
I am so sorry for your loss. My son is also an addict, although currently in recovery. He is, like your son, intelligent, sensitive and beautiful. I think the world can be too harsh for men like our sons. I hold out great hope for Dr. Rezai's work!
I am sorry for your loss.
I just wrote a long msg to u. And it was deleted. So so annoying. ✨❤️🩹✨ I’m so sorry you lost your beloved son. My 32 yo son died in 2011, and my heart goes out to you. Everyday for years I’ve chanted the sacred word HU and it created a bridge to the other side, enabling me to see & be with him in the dream state. The key is to wake up to recall the dreams. This old word for God, HU is for all ppl, regardless of their beliefs, and it’s on many KZhead channels. God never gives up on any Soul, and soul is eternal, and life always follows death. We’ll be with our loved ones again, when they return to a new life here, or when we cross over as well. ❤️🌼🌺🌼❤️
I'm sorry for your loss but not willing to trust the same folks who started and continued the problem to fix it. Haven't we seen how they lie? Profit over patients 🙀
@LangKatharine I have been told the same thing about the world being too hard for such a sensitive soul, but it just made me feel as if I'm seen as weak. I no longer abuse drugs, but I feel stuck in medication-assisted treatment. Nevertheless, I hope your son can find some semblance of peace, thereby giving you and your family peace. Addiction affects the whole family.
Hearing/seeing a surgeon recognize moving away from open body surgeries should be the goal was so refreshing. I believe this kind of technology will lead to many new treatments and benefits to all. Congratulations to all doctors and investors!
Who knows, this great surgeon may find a treatment for autism🎉
It will. Frequency will be used in extensive healing more and more. God is good!!!
True…!
Fun fact. Focused ultrasound is being tested on 181 different diseases and ailments. Hats off to those in the Forefront of this technology. It's Miracle stuff and represents the future. I would know because my Parkinson's tremors were eliminated in less than 2 hours.
@@johndutton3679 That’s great! Thanks for sharing!
As a former CNA who has been around people with dementia and Alzheimer's, this makes me cheer. I can't wait until people can get this done and Alzheimer's be in the past.
Do they have episodes that are worse at times than other times. My father would go through times that seemed ten times worse thenbgo back to less severe.
I was an CNA for 45 years . This will be wonderful !!💜💜💜💫💫💫
I am also a former CNA and I heartily agree!
@@SacredOwlI worked as a charge nurse at a memory care and most episodes are worse at sundown (evening) or during a full moon. We actually call increase agitation in dementia patients in the evening “sun downing” or “sun downers.”
This is terrible. Stop experimenting on them.
He has the chance to possibly fix humanity with this. No joke.
One hour the patient is able to go home after treatment. THIS IS BEYOND AMAZING 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This Dr. is restoring families, changing lives and truly giving second chances for these people. I hope 60 Minutes will do a follow up on these people in the future.
Ojalá que sí, para ver cómo van después de unos años
As a West Virginian I am so proud of the work being done at the Rockefeller Neuroscience Center in Morgantown. Living in a state with a large elderly population and drug usage, our state and the entire country’s quality of life will be positively impact by the research going on here. Thank you❤
West Virginia was a big money maker for the opioid manufacturers, distributers and pharmacies in the late 90's and 2000's and now this guy set up shop to do these expensive implants and surgeries on the most vulnerable. Wonder how many patents he holds. Surgeries here can cost $400,000 plus.
It's people like Dr. Ali Rezai who we need to be celebrating. This man is a miracle and we need to find others like him and give them everything they need to improve humanity.
This seems like Nobel Prize territory.
yet the front page of every "major" news agency is Trump this or Biden that...unfortunately there's more money in weaponizing politics vs medical achievements so humanity suffers as a whole because of this.
This is "Dr McCoy territory" very impressive.
The problem will be the FDA .We already have so many treatments for all kinds of disease like this in other countries it’s legal but not here . I doubt this will be available to the general public on Medicare
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
Dr. Ali Rezaei is an Iranian-born American neurosurgeon. He is another symbol of a Persian who could change the medical world. Professor Maryam Mirzakhani was a mathematician and was the first woman in the world who achieved the Fields Medal. I am proud of them.
It's the part after the hyphen....- American.
Persia was one of the major cradles of civilization and while Europe was in a Catholic inflicted dark age Islamic scholars in Iran and all over the Islamic world were keeping the flame of enlightenment burning ❤
@@bowsby666Factually wrong: Persia was the center of a flourishing civilization and their main religion was zoroastrianism. Following the conquest by Islamic invaders later, the locals were treated as second class citizens and persecuted, choosing to change their religion as their temples were burned and people killed. Now the state of modern day Persia/Iran is very evident. What you are celebrating is infact injustice, discrimination and genocide of ethnic people.
I echo the others. It doesn't matter what ethnicity he is. We are lucky to benefit from his work.
The addiction treatment segment should be the main focus. So impressive
Why? Why not help anyone with any illness this might address?
Wow! This is a historic turn for modern medicine! Thank you doctors!!! My vote for the Nobel Prize for medicine!!!
Agree
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
Dr. Ali Rezai and his team are amazing and deserves to be recognized for their astounding achievements. I hope the Nobel committee have their sights on him.
I snorted the fattest line and watched
@trinoma21 was thinking the same thing!!
Immature TROLLS!🙄
@@gjthomas9770 I'm surprised a ten year old like you would be interested in watching 60 minutes.
@@B_Bodziak LOL 😆. Nice one. I am very interested in addiction. My whole family has suffered from this awful affliction at one time in their lives. The treatment is pioneering. I made a joke, lol. The problem is everyone is triggered by anything now. It's a sad state of affairs
How I wish my son could've had this treatment for his alcoholism, he died April 2023. Forever 32. 😢😢😢
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
Really sorry to hear this, it must be an extremely tough thing to go though.
@@EuanWhitehead going to my grief support group, 2nd round. Thanks for your kindness.🙂
My mother died last year after a long battle with alzheimers. Wonderful to see this. Thanks very much!
My father ultimately died from Parkinson's Disease in 2017. At that time, I worked in an Alzheimer's care facility, so I've seen the devastating effects of both of these diseases. And unfortunately, my own daughter has been an addict for over 15 yrs, never being able to stay clean for more than 4-6 months. This ultra sound therapy is a game changer for all three diseases for sure, but I do feel it's greatest application can be for the treatment of many forms of addiction and I hope it becomes widely used and affordable for the masses. This was a great segment...and I do hope 60 minutes follows up next year on this piece!!!!
However the requirements of an addict are multiple over doses, multiple inpatient and out patients stints, and no being able to stay clean for a very short time. This patient was 4 days. The ultimate tool is Alzheimers.
@@tkgosselin Those "requirements" were for admission into the clinical trials. Both the electrode procedure and the ultra sound procedures have now gone past clinical trials and gotten FDA approval..much like pacemakers are an everyday occurrence these days, and therefore much more affordable, the hope is that both of these procedures follow the same route and become routine for everyone everywhere, no matter their age.
Sorry for your loss.
My father also died in 2017, but of Alzheimer's. I'm also here looking for ways to avoid that fate. For your daughter, ketamine may offer some hope.
There is another 60 minutes video that is a bit longer (less edits) than this and is from 01/142024. It's the entire episode and the first segment is about empty commercial real estate buildings.
This is incredible. This man should be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom without delay. He is a true hero, and an American, no matter where on earth he was born.
Nobel Prize
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
This man should get a Nobel Prize.
Protect this man at ALL costs…this makes me cry!
I am gob smacked. This is ... I can't find a good enough word this. Awesome, miraculous ... so promising. This doctor looks young, which is wonderful, as it means he has many more years to work on this, improving the procedures and teaching others. God bless him and his team.
Using ultrasound to try and cure Alzheimers is also a possibility in Switzerland and Germany. But somehow the profit of the medicine seems larger. So, you don‘t hear much about it.
1. The gummy proteins called amyloid beta form a plaque over the thalamus and are the markers for Alzheimer's disease. 2. Focused ultrasound opens the blood-brain barrier to release the medicinal drug, that was sent intra-venously. That focused targeting was aided by live MRI. 3. The ultrasound is applied for 2 hours straight. This temporarily opens the barrier for a window of 24-48 hours. 4. Estimating the brain regions with invasive EEG, while the subject's craving was externally simulated. Dr. Ali Rezai from Rockefeller Neuroscience University will be an inspiration for future research scientists in the line. Thanks for the 60 minutes! It was very well presented. It was some good learning for me as well.
I had focused ultrasound in Houston, Texas at Houston Physicians Hospital for my essential tremors & Parkinsons. It worked great.
My Mother and some other family members have it. Would love to see them get the treatment.
In a world where so many people seem intent on causing misery and death it's heartwarming to see the better side of humanity where Doctors work to improve people's lives.
It is absolute cutting edge. I work in the department, neuroscience institute/MRI , where this is done. Also other amazing medical research and procedures being done here in WV.
Amazing work! Thank you from Ohio, neighbor!
Tell the Dr “Technician” and technologists are different ! Technologists take the images and technicians fix the machines. The part where he was talking about the PET scan tech who called him about seeing the changes.
Thank you!
Can they do this on younger people who are just at the beginning of symptoms? 40-50 year olds.
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
This is the most wonderful thing I’ve watched in a very long time!!! Lost my mom to Alzheimer’s and father to alcoholism. This video hit me hard. Thank you to this amazing doctor and his team!!! I was wondering why the actor Michael J Fox didn’t consider this treatment for his Parkinson’s
Maybe because this is still new.
I am a recovering addict who has been clean since 2010 but I have suffered from severe ADHD and essential tremors since as long as I can remember. Some days it's worse than others.... some days I can't draw or hold a drink without spilling in, or people asking if I'm ok or if I'm nervous cause I shake so much. It's embarrassing sometimes....I wish I could stop my tremor that would definitely be life changing. Amazing what doctors are capable of these days.
I was adopted and finally, at the age of 59, found my birth father’s family. All that’s left is my half sister and unfortunately she was diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s about two years earlier. I so wish she could be in the trial. It is going to be heartbreaking when she doesn’t recognize me. We are so much alike and I live her so much
Research and try to get her in these trials.
So very sorry, friend. Just know there's someone out here rooting for you both, and thinking of your newfound relationship! Yay for the time you two have had.
One of the biggest obstacles in repairing the damage caused by Multiple Sclerosis to the myelin on nerve endings in the brain is crossing through the brain blood barrier. This technique can hopefully allow neuro progenitor stem cells to cross that barrier and allow myelin repair!
Wouldn’t that be something too!
Well, that would be mighty helpful! Dang. I have MS and would be pretty cool to be my old self again. Huzzah!
This guy is a national hero. They need to throw bags of money at him so he can expand his research.
With the population becoming increasing older, the prevalence of Alzheimers and Parkinsons will become even more common. Dr. Rezai's groundbreaking research gives hopes to millions of patients and their families who watch their loved ones suffer daily. This is truly a game-changer! I watched one of my elderly friends suffer and wither away from Alzheimers. It was very painful for my friend's family, and me, to watch the slow destruction of a wonderful man. Thank God, there is some hope for millions of families and their loved ones who suffer daily ...
A 1-hour treatment to treat a 37 year addiction is an absolute miracle! That is a gift from God right there❤
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
60 minutes continues to be my very favorite documentary/news program. So grateful that you’re reporting on medical breakthroughs.
It was a great story, but EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE to show the images of needles and people injecting without a warning. This could trigger an addict in early sobriety.
There was a time when 60 Minutes was a big deal. Now, it's just an extension of the FAKE NEWS REAL LIES propaganda wing of the America hating democrat party. Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner were on staff when 60 Minutes was legit. Been a long time.
I also subscribe to 60 Minutes Australia...it's fantastic as well..
@@wrenw1550 Where was there an image of someone injecting drugs??
@@B_Bodziak At 23:23
This gives me hope for other families. My father died a couple of years ago of the same disease Robin Williams had -the lewy body. It was horrific. That’s all I could say. I’m a retired paramedic and I thought I’d seen everything. This was terrible. I’m actually glad my father is at peace now.this man is a saint.
Geez, I'm so sorry! Coming from EMT, that's saying a lot. Hope you find and enjoy your peace. Love from Detroit.
I watched this entire video with my mouth hanging open in awe!!
Finally ‼️ it took me some time to find the sign up sheet for this doctor and the research. I found him and I just signed up for this treatment hopefully I get in and help me with this drug addiction cravings.
good luck!
@@romulus_ The research manager called me this morning and did a pre screen thing. I qualified. Now just waiting to see what my insurance covers or if it even covers it 🤞🏻
Dr Rezai is an Iranian-American of Muslim origin trained in Los Angeles (USC and UCLA). I point this out bc many Americans have prejudices against Iran, Muslims, California and Los Angeles….but just look at what this man is doing. He is brilliant and there are many ppl like him coming out of California and Los Angeles. Do not judge people based on stereotypes or superficialities such as their origin, their religion or where they grew up or have lived. This man is amazing and selfless! I’m convinced we haven’t solved cancers, Alzheimer’s and other diseases be abuse of perverse financial incentives and the power of drug companies to lobby politicians. Men like Dr Rezai who say “they should be out of a job” are the exact type of humanitarian scientists and physicians we need in our country. Love this ❤
Great reply! More prejudice people need to be informed about the contributions made by all people
Well said ❤
One ripe apple in an orchard of rotten apples does not somehow make the rotten apples ripe. The man is a blessing to humanity, even if his country of origin and belief system have been widely hijacked and corrupted by extremists, which is probably why he lives in America.
Remember all the hope and hype on the deep brain stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation implants for depression yet after costly operations they were a disaster and a failure. Profiting from the misery of others. Lets see where these patients are ten years from now.
*Iranian origin you can’t originate from a religion.
It’s so wonderful that progress is being made to improve lives effected with this awful disease. I watched my incredibly intelligent and personable father slowly disappear over the course of several years. Crying writing this comment thinking about him. Let’s hopes this a step in the right direction and kudos to those patients who are willing to be the first to try it.
My mother got it in her late 50s, early 60s. My own brain is beginning to feel "tired." Finding a cure/effective treatment should be the priority of young people, especially as they age and it becomes a financial strain.
@@globalfamily8172please consider reading up on research studies correlating Covid infections (even mild and asymptomatic) and brain disorders. We know Covid crosses into the brain (ie: loss of taste and/or smell comes from the brain being affected). Now research is showing that Covid can cause dementia and trigger Alzheimer’s. I believe we all need to arm ourselves with information and make informed decisions to limit exposure. Hopefully this treatment will be available to the many who are already suffering these consequences post-Covid - I know of several, unfortunately.
This iranian guy is awesome just goes to show how good and smart are the iranians ! And how great is america! This is humanity when we work together ❤️
Dr Ali Rezai is yet another Iranian genius who's pioneered use of ultrasound to enter the blood brain barrier for therapeutic reasons. He is a neurosurgeon and neuroscientist.
The fact that addiction, of all kinds, is finally being treated as a brain disorder, as opposed to a moral failing, is wonderful. Society needs to catch up and stop stigmatizing victims of this condition.
1) i think its the choice to start that makes it their fault. But as in the show it is not always their choice. Like a friend of mine the guy in the show started because of legitimate medical need. 2) the other reason is because of the treatment involves will power to stop. They are the only ones that have a shot at stopping. the third thing is when you have been hurt by a drug addict enough sometime you have to give up for your own well being, that is easier to do if you blame them.
Especially since alcohol is everywhere and encouraged by society.
Some people just don't understand which is 100% understandable. Not to mention how these disgusting money hungry pharmaceutical companies actually prescribe all these garbage medications that do nothing but make whatever it is you have worse than it was before... but they don't care. It's money in the bank for them & the government. It's sad & sickening.
It can be both. The way addiction begins is purely a moral failing. The way it progresses becomes an actual illness.
@@zualapips1638 Most addicts have untreated trauma caused by a sick, immoral society and the selfish actions of wicked human beings. Most addicts are trying to escape something that happened to them...many were abused.
The trick is to use this at scale and reliably perform it by other physicians. Was seven years too late to help my dad. Congratulations and thanks for a wonderful report.
I lost my dad to Alzheimer’s 3 years ago. Bittersweet to know that help is on the way, but too late for my dad.
It may be too late to help us now, but I’d rather applaud those who are putting the effort towards keeping people from feeling that level of loss.
I’m completely blown away at this wonderful discovery/advancement. Dear God please protect this Doctor/ Neurosurgeon , this could change the world for the better !!
Always hope a good hypotheticals.
Having a sister with Alzheimer’s and seeing this dreadful disease progress slowly for 15 years, the cruelty of this disease is shocking and so sad for the patient and family. Not a day goes by that I don’t have a silent cry. Any help that may be on the horizon is wonderful news for so many millions of people.
This is absolutely incredible! As a person with a pretty high risk of Alzheimer's with a strong family link on both sides, this is so encouraging! My dad is in early stages, his mom died not too long ago with end stage, the same as her father. I'm also excited the Dr has taken to WV to further his research and experimental medicine.
I've been commenting everywhere. I do not think it's a cure, but I've been doing my mom's groceries shopping for a few years. She always wanted to be healthy. Mainly plant-based and some tuna. She was so hateful and she was getting paranoid it was so bad my son had to drop off her food because we would fight if I said they didn't have something she wanted. When he moved it was back on me. I started looking into Medical marijuana can CBD oil. Well that was a no, I finally landed on her diet. No more plant-based and almost no sugar i did get her these tiny ice cream cones so she wouldn't figure out what I was doing. Lots of meats and eggs. Oh my goodness within a few months she was better I could sit with her a talk for a hour or more I even took her out shopping she was great. It's been maybe a year or so. But around to holidays I started giving her more crap, bread and some candy's and after a couple weeks BAD! So paranoid and arguing. So back to meat and eggs. She does get broccoli with her dinner with butter. Within 2 weeks she was better again. Anyway it's just a thought. Have a wonderful weekend and Goodluck to you.
See info in the documentary "ROOT CAUSE". 👍🦷☯️
@@dellzywillis3001there is a lot written about the success of a low carb ketogenic diet for people with dementia and Alzheimer’s. There is a Dr whose husband died of early onset Alzheimer’s who has been fighting to be heard for over a decade - she has done a lot of research on the low carb strategy. It had to do with removing the need for glucose as brain fuel and using ketones instead. Similar concept with epilepsy.
@@LymeandLight it is amazing how much the diet changes how we are mentally.
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
As I am taking care of my mom with Alzheimer's now and lost my dad to this disease, I can't wait for something to help make Alzheimer's a concept of the past. Nice to know someone is working on something other than a pill. Thanks!!
Hey hun! Sorry to hear! Please check our Dr. Dale Bredesen’s protocol and books on reversing some of the Alzheimer’s symptoms.
there are people who give you hope in this life
Wow, this is incredible!. So many people need this type of treatment, Dr Ali Rezai deserves a nobel prize!!
Magnificent. A gift from heaven this doctor. Miracles are not achieved, that’s why they're called miracles. But this Dr. Rezai-- The underlying story is…his fine measured mind…he knew, not in this hospital environment. Go elsewhere. Stellar move. Reported that it takes 17 years to get a new drug to the patient. We’ve put up with this too long. Lead, follow or get out of the way. This is how it’s done…thank you Dr. Rezai.
I’m in tears watching this and I just want to say thank you Dr Rezai! That’s just amazing.
This is amazing. Somewhat similar, I received TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) for depression and it changed my life…I’m so glad these types of alternative therapies are being considered and utilized. ❤❤❤
I am interested in that treatment; my primary dismissed it but I have suffered with it nearly my entire life. Could you tell me how you decided to do it?
Is this one reason why health insurance and medical costs are so high?
@BenjaminGib they are so high because insurance companies want to and make big profits. That is what they are in business to do. Same with hospitals and a lot of medical facilities.
@@BenjaminGib Insurers are the devil. It is certain healthcare providers want to operate at a profit; they do have to pay their employees, supplies, maintain properties, and operate under state and federal guidelines. However it is the INSURANCE companies that decide what to cover and dictate to the doctors treatments and medications they must use first; not the ones THEY, the caregiver, thinks the patient needs.
Me too! I just got home from hospital yesterday after the tTMS treatment, and I‘m feeling great
People like this doctor are such a huge blessing in medical field, wow!!!😱🙏🙏🙏
I hope they use this techonlogy with people who has learning disablites or learn more how autism works. Great video!
Omg, yes!
Amazing. Addiction is debilitating and chemical. It's not all about will power and discipline. People need to understand that
Yes it is and you’re right-so many people still don’t understand it and maybe if they would educate themselves they would find out there is so much more to it. Thank you Doctor!
Yes this is true for people who struggle with obesity as well.
Its a brain disorder entirely prevented by having strong morals though. The fact remains that at one point the addict chose to sustain the addiction to the point of addiction.
@@antibull4869The disease of addiction is not a moral failure!
@@antibull4869 said by someone who's never suffered
The man is truly a Dr. he actually wants people to get better. Thank you sir.
Wow, wow, wow! This is the most hopeful thing I've seen in years. Thanks to everyone who is taking part in this research.
Amazing work! As others have already stated, these are the doctors who need to be celebrated and given all the resources humanly possible so they can continue to do amazing work.
I agree, and it's why I support spending public funds on research.
Being recommended to Dr Abiola on KZhead was a blessing after years of suffering from HIV. I have finally been cured from HIV thanks Dr Abiola you are indeed a Blessing to this generation
Hats off to Dr Ali Rezai and his team for his pioneering work and daring to try new approaches. Thank you 60 minutes! This was so good
I won't be surprised if Big Pharma finds a way to shut this down and end this research.
As a mental health therapist, I perceive this as a potentially huge breakthrough in addiction recovery. At last, some help is on the way! People who became addicted in their teenage years and have since regretted it, watching their lives being torn apart, now have the chance for a life reset. 🎉
My dad had glioblastoma (brain cancer) for 22 years - the last 9 being stage 4. My paternal grandmother died of Alzheimers. My paternal grandfather died of Parkinson's (or something related to that). Many of us in our society know people like this and people who are addicted to drugs of all kinds. This news report is so incredibly encouraging. Thank you for sharing, and please let us know how we can find out more and whether or not this treatment spreads throughout the country. Thank you!!
This man should, someday and hopefully, be nominated for a Nobel :-)
He’s doing amazing! “I’ll send him into the kitchen to find something, and he’ll say, it’s not there! And I’ll say, yes it is, but he can’t see it”. That’s every wife to every husband, no Alzheimer’s required 😂. On a more serious note, this is incredible and so promising. Very glad to learn of this.
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Exactly what I was thinking as well.😂
What an incredible and ingenious idea. All diseases are devastating in some way or another, but Alzheimer’s is particularly cruel to those who suffer from it and their caregivers/loved ones. An Alzheimer’s diagnosis for one person means a diagnosis for everybody they love too-a diagnosis that causes everybody in that circle to suffer from the symptoms. God bless this team of doctors and researchers, and God bless the patients who were willing to put what precious time they have left of their own lives with their working minds at risk in order to try this.
Please let this be real. Too late for my sister, but I hope others' loved ones can be saved.
Wow! Would love to see this offered widely for addiction. I work I. The field and am convinced it is a disease of the brain and this procedure is HOPE for the hopeless.
I was in a Clinical trial for one of the Alzheimer's drugs mentioned in this piece. When the news came out recently that the drug had been approved buy the FDA and what the cost would be, I realized that the co-pay was going to be way out of reach for me, I quit the trail. People need to know that these treatments will be very expensive. Naive me.
In my country there would likely be a good incentive to the government to subsidise the costs, of any successful treatment, because the same government is spending ever increasing funds to subsidise aged care. I would like to think that even in the US, there would be an incentive/cost benefit to do this, if proven to work.
In the first 5 minutes of the video, they said the helmet cost $1 million. That tells me this will be out of reach for most.
you would think, but Ive seen multiple examples, too many for too long, couple that with the powers of big pharma who's main goal has NEVER been striving for "cures" or even addressing the "cause", instead focusing on drugs that only put a Band-Aid on the problem. Big Pharma parades on an unfortunate fact that people would rather take something then do something do something. This is a lucrative combination for them
Hello. That’s why we work on prevention, like a lifestyle change. Bad food addiction is one example. 🙏
Why quit the trial? you were getting the treatment for free.
This is so incredible! I pray that the risks are minimized to such a low level where these therapies become sanctioned and the the standard! Hats off to him and his team👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
It’s horrible watching a love one wither away from this cruel disease. God bless that doctor for what he is doing.
Wow... can't find words to compliment 60 minutes and admire this great doctor. Wish him a Long happy life.
This was an amazing story!! Great job, Sharon!!💯
A great story, not such a great job on the part of CBS. EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE to show the images of needles and people injecting without a warning. This could trigger an addict in early sobriety.
It makes me proud to witness an Iranian-American pioneer in the field of neuroscience like Dr. Ali Rezaei. I hope and aspire to follow a similar path!
Iranians are super intelligent and focused, I have seen their extra-ordinary performance in my field. I'm an Applied Mathematician.
I have nothing but the utmost Respect for These medical professionals! Thank you for your service!
I wish they could do something for PTSD and chronic depression. And to fix brains, I know there is something not right with my brain. At school, it was like I was using Windows operating system and the school was using OS. I would have to translate everything I learned and learn it the way I can, then try to translate that back to teachers so it was in their format. I had a really hard time with school because of this. I still have a hard time conceptualizing math that is algebra and beyond.
There are treatments that help like stellate ganglion block.
The research into Infrared therapy helmets now available developed by these top Neuro scientists in this specialized field . Trancranial Photobiomodulation commonly also used for full body infared therapy using long wave pulsed Infrared light that deeply penetrates thru the skull to reverse Parkinsons & Dementia, Alzheimer's, TBI, ect. This technology & helmet devices are available to buy like the Nuronic 1070, VieLight, & a few others made by these top neuro PhD's around the world & at M.I.T. by leading experts: Dr. Marvin Berman PhD Quiet Mind Foundation, Michael R Hamblin Ph.D., Lew Lim, PhD, Dr. Paul Chazot.
Ibogaine.
TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) literally cured my drug resistant depression and changed my life after 32 years. It can also be used for PTSD and OCD. ❤❤❤
@@chrispompanoTMS changed my life. It cured my lifelong depression. I’m still astounded as I’ve lived with it my entire life until now. ❤
Wow, this is almost unbelievable. And very moving to me, especially the possibility of curing deep addiction with this kind of science. Thank God for this.
Hope is such a powerful word!! Thank you for giving hope to the struggling! ❤
As I watched the video, I was very impressed. I was thinking about obesity and how this could help people with addiction to food. Specifically, sugar addiction. This is absolutely amazing.
I live in Switzerland and have great respect for 60 minutes. GREAT JOB
Thank God for this guy. Wishing him, his patients, his teams, and all those he can help continued groundbreaking successes!
Yeah, his work is quite seminal.
These men have spent their lives researching and studying science and medicine to make a difference for their fellow man. We owe them so much for their dedication, hard work and compassion. They are our heros.❤❤
I am so proud of Dr. Ali Rezai who's is a Persian Dr. Amazing discovery and treatments. Thank you, Dr. Rezai!!
Brilliant! One brain, one idea, available technology, one willing institution. Superb.
This medical advancements are incredible, mind blowing. Thank for for this Surgeon..
Greetings from old Cleveland DBS crew- Dr Rezai is amazing. Love that guy!
How fulfilled this Dr. Must feel when he lays his head down at night. This is absolutely amazing.
Keep it up, Doctor. My grandmother passed away, not knowing who any of her family was thanks to Alzheimer's. I'm happy she's not suffering now, but it was hard to see her not recognize her great-granddaughter.
I wish we would have had this when my brother was alive 😢
As a new PMHNP and who was once a CNA, working with patients with dementia is close to heart. Glad to hear there are doctors out there making medical treatments for them, giving families and patients new hope..
This should be everywhere, every channel all over the world. This is truly incredible. Dr Razai is incredible. Think of all the people he could help. How serendipitous that Dr. Razai ended up in Morgantown, WV, very near the addiction capital of the US.
Thank you, Dr Rezai, for bringing a positive impact to humanity! 💛💛💛 If you can bring your treatment for addiction to the masses, I would seek ways to be part of the effort in my local area through work in whatever capacity I could. Love and tolerance is our code, one day at a time. 🕊
This is fantastic and I have so much respect for this surgeon. Thank you and your team!🎉❤
I’m so happy for those patients!!!🌎☀️💙
May God bless this doctor with wisdom so he can help people! Thank you doctor!
I'm excited to see how this technology evolves. I could see it helping with ADHD, which I personally struggle with immensely.
This is just wonderful!! Great work!
My great-grandfather, my grandfather and now my mom had/has Alzheimer’s. It completely terrifies me. I am so very, very excited to see this new therapy! Thank you, Doctor and team ❤️
God bless you Dr. Ali. It's amazing to see people like you that truly put people first.