Frontal lobe epilepsy can be treated with medical or surgical approaches. In general, surgical outcomes have been better in the more common temporal lobe epilepsy compared with frontal lobe epilepsy ...

Jessica Gartrell has the same name, the same Social Security number and the same fingerprints she had before 50 days in the hospital in 2005. But in many ways she's like a character in a ...

For medication-resistant epileptics, surgery is often the only way to stop seizures. However, for those with frontal lobe epilepsy, sometimes surgery doesn’t ensure the seizures stop. A new study has ...

Study finds early surgery can cure epilepsy in children. March 12, 2013— -- Tom Parrent was home alone with his son 3-year-old Sam -- better known as "Spike" -- when after lunch the boy told his ...

Spike Parrent’s life was completely normal for the first four years. Then one day in January 2011, he told his father, Tom, he was tired and wanted to take a nap. Tom Parrent watched as his son fell ...

July 2, 2010 (Rhodes, Greece) — Preoperative functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may identify which patients are more likely to experience language deficits after brain surgery for ...

Class I evidence supports the efficacy of surgical treatment in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy that is refractory to antiseizure medications. One major concern, however, is the risk of memory ...

Removing a tumor is a huge step, but the journey doesn't end there. After brain tumor surgery, seizures may occur due to ...

Playing a surgeon on TV for years didn't make a crucial surgery any easier for Kate Walsh. In a new interview with Cosmopolitan, the Grey's Anatomy star reveals that she underwent brain surgery in ...

The frontal lobe part of the brain, which controls executive functions and language, was once considered "difficult to tackle," Jehi said. "We found that the mere fact of time -- waiting too long ...