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Brain implant ‘predicts’ epilepsy seizures

A brain implant may be able to predict epilepsy seizures by picking up the early warning signs, a small study suggests.  The device uses the brain’s electrical activity to tell patients if their risk of a seizure is high, moderate…

New hope for head injury patients

A method of communicating with brain damaged patients who appear to be in a vegetative state has been discovered by scientists in the UK and Belgium.  Writing in The Lancet medical journal they describe how they measured electrical activity in the brain…