A new study links the brain's glymphatic waste-clearance function to seizure freedom after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery, revealing divergent glymphatic-metabolic coupling patterns between ...

Neurosurgeons face a deceptively simple problem every time they open a skull: the brain refuses to stay where the scan left it. Once the dura mater is incised, cerebrospinal fluid drains away, gravity ...

Seizures can race through the brain in seconds, making them difficult to capture in detail. To overcome this challenge, researchers have developed a new high-resolution light-sheet imaging system that ...

HealthDay News — Fluorodeoxyglucose ( [ 18 F]FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers diagnostic and prognostic value in pediatric epilepsy, according to a study ...

An advanced AI tool can detect tiny brain lesions that cause severe epilepsy in children, allowing faster diagnosis, more precise treatment and a potential cure, according to a new study. Developed by ...

Health care added 372,000 jobs in a year, about 75% of U.S. job growth, a Peterson-KFF brief finds, while September hiring in the sector slowed. Michael Caputo, a Head and Neck Cancer Survivor, Joins ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool is able to identify focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) — the microscopic lesions responsible for refractory epilepsy in children — with up to 94% accuracy. Dubbed ...

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, ...