Current nonpharmacologic treatments include the vagus nerve stimulator, the ketogenic diet, and resective epilepsy surgery. The vagus nerve stimulator was approved in 1997 by the US Food and Drug ...
There are lots of myths surrounding food and epilepsy. Read on to know what is true and what is false. Certain diets can improve seizure control while some foods can worsen epileptic seizures.
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat ... originally designed 100 years ago as a way to reduce seizures in people with epilepsy. The keto diet not only promises weight loss, but also claims to reduce ...
Boston College researchers contribute to new report on using a ketogenic diet to combat an aggressive brain tumor A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived ...
high-fat ketogenic diet has been promoted online and in the media as a weight-loss tool and seemingly all-round magical healer. Yet it was first developed in the 1920s for children with epilepsy.