Pacemaker stops epilepsy deaths
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Devices that monitor and correct abnormal heart beats could prevent thousands of epilepsy-related deaths, experts believe.
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Reports show cells can help correcting faulty heart rhythms and fighting vision-destroying diseases.
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Science & environment: Earthquake-prediction techniques could help to forecast epileptic seizures, according to research
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U.S. health officials on Thursday  approved over-the-counter sales for an at-home heart  defibrillator that proponents hope will save more people from  sudden cardiac death.
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There&#39;s only a low risk of major injury from epileptic seizures, so most people with epilepsy don&#39;t need to restrict their daily activities to avoid injury, says a Mayo Clinic study.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say mice genetically altered to develop an Alzheimer&#39;s-like illness undergo &quot;silent&quot; brain seizures.
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Researchers have discovered the exact mechanism behind the death of brain cells following a stroke.
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Pricey pacemakers that regulate the heart's upper and lower chambers separately are worth the extra cost because they help keep patients out of the hospital, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Severe epilepsy that can't be   controlled with anti-seizure medication may require a brain   operation, but in such cases there's apparently a trade-off.   Surgery, especially on the left temporal lobe, can results in   long-term loss of verbal memory, Dutch researchers report.
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New proposals to provide faster diagnosis, treatment and care for people with epilepsy are announced.
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Pfizer Inc. said on Monday that its Lyrica epilepsy drug reduced the frequency of partial seizures by as much as 53 percent when given as an add-on therapy to other antiepileptic treatments, according to a study in the journal Neurology.
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Electrical stimulation of a brain region called the subthalamic nucleus provides only modest benefits to patients with Parkinson's disease, according to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
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Comedian Jerry Lewis was once in so much pain that he regularly contemplated suicide. A "pain pacemaker" implanted in 2002 now enables him to trigger electronic impulses through his spine to his brain that eliminate the pain.
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Medicare has agreed to expand coverage by one-third for implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) -- devices used to steady hearts that beat irregularly -- to 500,000 patients, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
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Your brain is supposed to fire a "hold your horses" signal when faced with a tough choice. But a brain implant that stops the tremors of Parkinson's disease may block that signal Â a new explanation for why some Parkinson's patients become hugely impulsive.
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The risk of people with epilepsy suffering a major injury during seizures is low, US researchers say. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota found 39 of 247 people with epilepsy were hurt during seizures, but 80% of the injuries were minor.
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NEW YORK  - Nearly two thirds of heart patients with implanted pacemakers have undiagnosed sleep apnea, a significantly higher prevalence than found in the general population, a study shows.