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Sound Waves Shatter Opioid Addiction In Stunning Medical First

Israeli docs used futuristic brain tech to kill a patient's cravings in 20 minutes flat

Hank Berrien
Sound Waves Shatter Opioid Addiction In Stunning Medical First
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Doctors in Israel just pulled off something that addiction specialists have been chasing for decades — and it didn’t require a single scalpel.

In a jaw-dropping medical first, physicians at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa used focused sound wave technology to essentially switch off a patient’s opioid addiction. In less time than it takes to watch a sitcom, a man who had been swallowing roughly 130 pills a day walked away craving zero.

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