{"id":8990,"date":"2017-12-19T08:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T13:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8990"},"modified":"2017-12-19T08:39:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T13:39:44","slug":"could-a-zap-to-the-brain-derail-destructive-impulses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8990","title":{"rendered":"Could A Zap To The Brain Derail Destructive Impulses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Esther Landhuis for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Picture this: While reaching for the cookie jar \u2014 or cigarette or bottle of booze or other temptation \u2014 a sudden slap denies your outstretched hand. When the urge returns, out comes another slap.<\/p>\n<p>Now imagine those &#8220;slaps&#8221; occurring inside the brain, protecting you in moments of weakness. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/12\/18\/571679556\/could-a-zap-to-the-brain-derail-destructive-impulses?utm_campaign=KHN:%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=59488838&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8y2YY98VmLPjGHhoSlGMjebtZfANkdBRYciNvWroZ2GuRDSzXMLqU2YbHOWiE2rO7_2LSM6ZRACHCSNRuxBa8UzzL34Q&amp;_hsmi=59488838\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Esther Landhuis for NPR) Picture this: While reaching for the cookie jar \u2014 or cigarette or bottle of booze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8991,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8990\/revisions\/8991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}