Epilepsy
How to Become a Legal Weed Grower in Victoria, Australia
Victoria is becoming the first Australian state to legalize medical marijuana, and the government is planning to grow the bud locally.
Victoria Will Be Australia's First State to Legalize Medical Marijuana
This week Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced that statewide sales of the drug will commence in 2017.
An 8-Year-Old Girl Just Became Mexico’s First Medical Marijuana Patient
Graciela Elizalde suffers 400 seizures a day. An exemption to allow her family to import a cannabinoid for treatment is called an encouraging precedent by legalization activists in a country torn by ongoing drug-related violence.
Neuroscientists Uncover More Evidence Linking Epileptic Seizures and Music
Mozart and John Coltrane, in particular.
The First 3D-Printed Drug Has Been Approved in the US
Spritam is an epilepsy drug that claims to dissolve more easily owing to its 3D-printed structure.
How Do You Make a Memory? This Study Puts Us Closer to the Answer
Researchers got people’s brains to associate Clint Eastwood with the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and encode it in their neurons.
This Device Reads Your Mind and Types Your Thoughts
This 'brain-to-text' device could help make the internet of brains possible.
Hear a Chaotic Orchestra Made from Brainwaves
Programmer and visual artist Brian Foo translated EEG brainwave data into music to create "Rhapsody in Grey."
Pediatricians Change Stance on Medical Benefits of Marijuana for Kids
The American Academy of Pediatrics now supports compassionate use of marijuana oil for children with chronic diseases such as epilepsy, determined on a case-by-case basis.
Woman Claims Police Mistook Epileptic Seizure For Resisting Arrest
Andrea Nicole Hansen is crowdsourcing funds to help her fight charges against purported police misconduct after she allegedly suffered a fit.
Meeting Scotland's Illegal DIY Weed Doctors
Medical cannabis isn't legal in the UK, but that doesn't stop these two home pharmacists from processing it into oils and capsules and giving it to sick people.
How Zapping the Brain With Electricity Can Help Fight Disease
A team of neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School have developed the first unifying theory of how electrical stimulation hacks the brain.