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Australian patient receives pioneering epilepsy warning system
In a world first, Australian doctors have attached probes designed to predict seizures into the brain of a man with severe epilepsy. The new technology is intended to warn epilepsy patients of impending seizures.
Date: 15 June 2010
Source: Voice of America
NSE comment:
"It is the unpredictability of seizures that is one of the most debilitating aspects of epilepsy. A device that can give a reliable warning, and without false alarms would be an important step towards managing the condition.
"It would be even more helpful to link the detection device with a method to prevent the seizure from becoming established: such as an electrical stimulation or injection of a drug."
Professor John Duncan, Medical Director, NSE
Link: Voice of America (opens in a new window)
