87 he had suffered from severe depression and was nearly suicidal at one point. as you know, he is not alone. depression affects more than 19 million american adults every year. think about that number. that s more than coronary heart disease, more than cancer. you know, it just makes a lot of people still uncomfortable to simply talk about it. so we decided today to bring the discussion out into the open. you know, in most cases depression is treatable. medication, anti-depressants can be effective. in milder cases cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to work just as well. unfortunately for many people, though, nothing seems to work. that s why it s sole exciting to hear about this totally new approach. it involves a device like this. it s implant and looks like a pacemaker. you have two wires that come from this and insert directly into the brain. deep brain stimulation. then on the outside a doctor can literally flip a switch. it s a radical approach, for sure, but