Via: Epilepsy Research UK Brain scans could be used as a means of predicting seizure outcomes in epilepsy patients, according to a new study. Carried out by Pennsylvania State University, the study aimed to test the hypothesis that computed tomography (CT) volumetric analysis can be used in patient selection to help predict outcomes following resection. […]
A study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, has found that epilepsy surgery is a safe, effective and low-risk procedure. Nevertheless, few Swedes have the operation, and those who are interested may have to wait a long time for presurgical counseling. The study at Sahlgrenska Academy was based on the Swedish National Epilepsy Surgery Register, […]
UCLA neurophysicists have found that space-mapping neurons in the brain react differently to virtual reality than they do to real-world environments. Their findings could be significant for people who use virtual reality for gaming, military, commercial, scientific or other purposes. “The pattern of activity in a brain region involved in spatial learning in the virtual […]
PRESS RELEASE: VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 24, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new study from Orrin Devinsky, MD, of the New York University School of Medicine, suggests that Cannabidiol (CBD) may radically reduce seizures in patients with epilepsy. Dr. Devinsky administered cannabidiol to 23 patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy. Thirty-nine percent of the patients saw their […]
Houston-based Cyberonics officials Thursday said the company could begin selling a more innovative version of its VNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulator), nerve-stimulating device to treat epilepsy as early as next spring, pending federal approval. President and CEO Dan Moore told analysts during Cyberonics’ quarterly earnings call he is hopeful the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which […]
As the Founder of EpilepsyU I have been called in more times than I remember in my 21 years regarding “false” arrest issues and epilepsy. We also have spent many, many hours educating our police officers and first responders on epilepsy, what is is and what it isn’t. They have a tough job and they […]
