trigeminal nerve stimulation

Brain Surgery Alternatives

March 24, 2017
5 Comments

“It’s not brain surgery.” And it doesn’t have to be.

There are a host of epilepsy procedures that are minimally invasive.

For example…

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Tags: biofeedback, Brain Surgery Alternatives, Cell Transplantation, counseling, Deep Brain Stimulation, gamma knife surgery, Gene Therapy, Homeopathy, Hormone Imbalances, laser surgery, Naturopathy, The Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, trigeminal nerve stimulation

Move Over VNS…There’s A New Guy in Town!

November 27, 2016
22 Comments

What if I were to say there’s a new nerve stimulation therapy that requires NO SURGERY and reduces seizures among those who are drug resistant by about 40 percent?

SAY HELLO TO TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION!

Posted in Epilepsy, News, Research
Tags: new nerve stimulation therapy, no surgery, reduces seizures, reduction in depression, trigeminal nerve stimulation, VNS

TNS vs. VNS – NO SURGERY!

April 1, 2013
4 Comments

The first Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) was implanted in 1988, as a therapeutic option for medically intractable epilepsy, when elective epilepsy surgery was not appropriate.

As the number of implanted vagus nerve stimulators grows, so does the need to remove or revise the devices.

Posted in Epilepsy, Medication Issues, News, Research
Tags: alternative, better seizure control, depression reduction, drug-resistant, effective, enhancement, Epilepsy, FDA approval, no side-effects, no surgery, non-invasive, post traumatic stress, success rate, trigeminal nerve stimulation, vagus nerve stimulator

Epilepsy Talk

Brain Surgery Alternatives

Move Over VNS…There’s A New Guy in Town!

TNS vs. VNS – NO SURGERY!

Phylis Feiner Johnson