Seizure prediction: making mileage on the long and winding road

Seizure prediction: the long and winding road.

The sudden and apparently unpredictable nature of seizures is one of the most disabling aspects of the disease epilepsy. A method capable of predicting the occurrence of seizures from the electroencephalogram (EEG) of epilepsy patients would open new therapeutic possibilities. Since the 1970s investigations on the predictability of seizures have advanced from preliminary descriptions of seizure...

the long and winding road

The Long and Winding Road

Day by day the competition get tougher, the exams harder and the textbooks larger. Indeed, it is a long and winding road for the high school graduate seeking university admission to study medicine. The graduate desiring to excel must prepare to travel a tortuous path laden with obstacles. In Iran, in order to obtain admission to medical school, one must place approximately among 3622 of the 442...

The long and winding road.

Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology Service, Clinica y Maternidad Suizo Argentina and De Los Arcos Sanatorio, Buenos Aires, Argentina Heart Rhythm Service, Kingston General Hospital, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Cardiology Service, Hospital Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina Valley Health System and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA Department of Cardiology, Fi...

the long and winding road (part 2)