Do I Need an Epileptologist?
Morgan deBlecourt via Duke Health – An epileptologist is a neurologist who specializes in caring for people with epilepsy. Epileptologists have completed an additional one to two years of subspecialty…
Robot Reduces Need for Open Brain Surgery to Map Epileptic Seizures
Debbe Geiger via Duke Health – A Medical Advance for People with Epilepsy. A robotic device is allowing doctors to pinpoint the origins of a person’s seizures through minimally invasive…
Eyelid Wearable Can Predict and Alert to Epileptic Seizure
John Jeffay via Israel21c – Blink Energy’s tiny device, fitted to one eyelid, monitors and analyzes blink patterns to detect or diagnose a wealth of health conditions. A tiny patch is fixed…
Soft, Stretchy ‘Jelly Batteries’ Inspired by Electric Eels
University of Cambridge via EurekAlert! – Researchers have developed soft, stretchable ‘jelly batteries’ that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the brain to deliver…
Why Does Fasting Reduce Seizures?
Boston Children’s Hospital via Newswise – Calorie restriction has long been associated with reduced seizures in epilepsy. New research from Boston Children’s Hospital helps explain how fasting affects neurons in the…
AI Algorithm That Detects Brain Abnormalities Could Help Cure Epilepsy
University College London via Newswise – An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can detect subtle brain abnormalities which cause epileptic seizures has been developed by a UCL-led team of international…
Neurosurgery Team Performs Groundbreaking Laser Hemispherectomy on Child with Epilepsy
University of Chicago Medical Center via Newswise – For only the second time in the world, doctors at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital and the Department of Neurosurgery…
Virtual Reality Boosts Brain Rhythms Crucial for Neuroplasticity, Learning and Memory
University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences via EurekAlert – A new discovery in rats shows that the brain responds differently in immersive virtual reality environments versus the real world.…
Major Epilepsy Study Offers Much-Needed Answers on 3 Lifesaving Seizure Drugs
University of Virginia Health System via EurekAlert – There are effective treatments to stop life-threatening epilepsy seizures when the initial treatment has failed, a sweeping new study reveals. The study…
