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Technology: Dressed to detect
Wearable devices that monitor seizures promise improvements in epilepsy treatments and research.
- Elie Dolgin
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Sociology: Shedding the shame
Plagued by a history of fear and stigma, epilepsy has languished when it comes to research funding.
- Lauren Gravitz
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Drug development: Illuminated targets
The development of effective antiepilepsy drugs is moving on from trial-and-error approaches to sophisticated molecular solutions.
- Megan Cully
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Perspective: The surgical solution
Not enough doctors and patients opt for surgery to treat epilepsy, despite clinical evidence of the benefits, says Samuel Wiebe.
- Samuel Wiebe
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Food science: Fat chance
For children with epilepsy whose condition is resistant to medication, a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet may help bring their seizures under control.
- Rachel Brazil
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Genetics: Complex expressions
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders to affect the human brain. Many genetic aspects of the disease have been identified, but mechanisms remains elusive.
- Charvy Narain
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Neurobiology: Unrestrained excitement
Epilepsy arises from natural mechanisms in the brain that go awry. Researchers are trying to unravel its complexities.
- Michael Eisenstein
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Seizure detector treats epilepsy in rats
Minimally invasive brain stimulator reduces duration of seizures.
- Duncan Graham-Rowe
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The split brain: A tale of two halves
Since the 1960s, researchers have been scrutinizing a handful of patients who underwent a radical kind of brain surgery. The cohort has been a boon to neuroscience — but soon it will be gone.
- David Wolman
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Five-in-one vaccine carries small risk of seizure
But absolute risk is low and there are no lasting health problems, experts emphasize.
- Zoë Corbyn
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African outbreak stumps experts
With few leads to go on, researchers pursue the childhood malady nodding syndrome.
- Meredith Wadman