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Podcast: Tech Can't Save Us
Episode: Wearable headsets for treating depression with Erin Lee, CEO of Flow Neuroscience
Description: This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Erin Lee, CEO of Flow Neuroscience, the Swedish health-tech company behind a breakthrough in depression treatment: a wearable brain-stimulation headset that offers a safe, evidence-based alternative to traditional antidepressants.Flow’s device uses transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to gently activate brain regions responsible for mood regulation. In a landmark 2023 double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Flow outperformed 21 frontline antidepressants, earning a feature in Nature’s “Future of Medicine” edition, an unprecedented milestone for at-home neuroscience technology. Today, Flow has 50,000+ users, is available across 200 clinics and multiple NHS trusts...