Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samantha Harney's son Trevor, 14, has epilepsy. He was having seizures at least every other day, and wasn't responding to ...

Recently, a neurotech company called Paradromics made headlines by successfully implanting its brain-computer interface (BCI) in a human for the first time. The procedure happened at the University of ...

There is a significant improvement in the cognition of children who have undergone brain surgery for epilepsy, finds a new study by UCL researchers. Information was extracted from IQ tests and tests ...

Neurosurgery for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy requires locating the precise brain areas that are generating the seizures. Typically, patients undergo seven to 10 days of invasive intracranial ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Epilepsy is when the brain has an electrical misfire that causes multiple seizures. And depending on where the misfire takes place, the seizure will have different effects, such as ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Intermountain Health neurologists are celebrating a major surgical milestone: the 100th use of an ...

Pacemakers implanted under the skin near the collarbone to regulate heartbeats are well known. The small electronic device uses electrical signals to trigger a normal heartbeat, ensuring an efficient ...

SAN ANTONIO, TX (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A rare brain surgery performed in San Antonio stopped up to 200 seizures per day in the brain of a 15-month-old. Those seizures were caused by a malformation in ...

Trevor Harney is only 14 years old, but that doesn’t stop from doing farm chores every morning before he heads to classes at Splendora Junior High. He feeds the dogs, cats and livestock. “We’ve got ...

The timing of antiseizure medication (ASM) withdrawal following resective epilepsy surgery was associated with early seizure relapse risk but not long-term seizure outcomes, a new multicenter study ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Samantha Harney. It has been edited for length ...