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IMPLANT 'SHORT-CIRCUITS' EPILEPSY

When Rex Reimann hears 1980s music in his head, he reaches for his magnet. He has just seconds, he says, to head off one of the debilitating seizures that for so long controlled his life.
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Wow, this has been approved since nineteen ninety seven and I haven't heard a word about it until now. This technology is nothing short of miraculous. The ability to prevent allot of the seizures associated with EPILEPSY is simply amazing. Every day I am more and more astounded by the advances of science in my life time. This man can literally stop his own seizures if he acts fast enough. Giving someone with a disability that kind of control over their own body is amazing and boosts their self confidence in their own ability to take care of themselves and live a normal life.

Epilepsy Health & Special Psychology

Diet treatment call for epilepsy

A special high-fat diet helps to control fits in children with epilepsy, a UK trial suggests.
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I am not sure I would put my child on that high fat diet. If it leads to hunger they may get up in the night and binge. That would not be good for them and nullify the effects of the diet. The implant sounds good and I hope that more research in this field is done to help other Epilepsy patients.

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Reading stories like this one makes me feel blessed and grateful to be able to go through my life without the pain and issues this man has had.
It's interesting that this guy hears 1980s music. I once saw a medical program where a lady said she tasted almond cookies every time she was going to have a seizure. The first time she had a seizure she was at a restaurant and had just eaten an almond cookie.
This magnet and implant device sounds like a very good idea. It's good there are things like this out there to help people who sense a seizure coming on.

Epilepsy

Coloured lasers may curb epilepsy

Coloured lights could be used to find treatments for brain disorders like epilepsy, early findings suggest. Ref. Source 4

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Genes influence sleep/wake timing of seizures in people with epilepsy

New research shows that genetics plays a role in sleep/wake timing of seizures. Researchers studied 1,395 individuals with epilepsy in families containing multiple people with epilepsy to determine whether sleep/wake timing of seizures runs in families. Ref. Source 2f.

Epilepsy Psychology Special & Health

New genetic-based epilepsy risk scores. An international team of researchers has developed new genetic-based epilepsy risk scores which may lay the foundation for a more personalized method of epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. This analysis is the largest study of epilepsy genetics to date, as well as the largest study of epilepsy using human samples. Source 8e.