Xavier Horton made history in February 2019 by becoming the first patient in Alabama and the 27th in the nation to undergo deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a treatment for epilepsy. Horton, who had ...

Discover how ultra-early epilepsy surgeries transform the lives of children with drug-resistant seizures, preventing long-term brain damage.

ATLANTA -- Are neurostimulators implanted within the brain a better approach in epilepsy than less-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS)? That depends, a researcher said. Real-world data from two ...

Doctors and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have developed a new treatment for epilepsy patients who don't respond to medication and aren't candidates for surgery. Their approach, ...

Researchers developed a novel “closed-loop” system that delivered electrical pulses in a brain region to synchronize brain activity recorded from another region in the brain to improve memory. Among ...

It is estimated that one-third of the 50 million people worldwide with epilepsy are resistant to anti-seizure medications. These patients, having drug-resistant epilepsy, have limited treatment ...

NAVASOTA, Texas (KBTX) - A Navasota man diagnosed with epilepsy used to suffer from aggressive seizures, but after undergoing brain surgery, he got to press the reset button on life. Chase Griffin, 24 ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a treatment for various neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It involves surgically implanting an electrode into your ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Dr. David Burdette is a neurologist in Grand Rapids for Corewell Health. He has treated patients with epilepsy for decades and noticed a trend in treatment. As the ...