Brain Implant to Help Epileptic Patients, New Treatment for Tinnitus, and TDIH - The Tomato is Proven Safe to Eat
Cool Stuff Daily
Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff
4.6 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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| 0:32.2 | Welcome to another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home, Marcus Papp and Reggie Rizzou with you on a Friday on today's episode, |
| 0:40.0 | medical advancements, including a brain implant designed to curb seizures in severely epileptic patients, |
| 0:47.1 | as well as a new treatment option for those suffering from tinnitus. |
| 0:50.7 | And on this day in history, The Tomato, and that time it was finally proven to be non-poisonous. |
| 0:57.1 | That's coming up on cool stuff. |
| 0:59.0 | In a story from The Guardian, a UK teenager with severe epilepsy has become the first person in the world to be fitted with a brain implant designed to help control his seizures. |
| 1:11.7 | Oren Nolson's neurostimulator sits beneath his skull and sends electrical signals deep into the brain, |
| 1:18.6 | reducing his daytime seizures by 80%. |
| 1:21.7 | His mother, Justine, says her son appears happier, chattier, |
| 1:25.6 | and has a much improved quality of life since receiving |
| 1:28.9 | the device. Quote, the future looks hopeful, which I wouldn't have dreamed of saying six months ago, |
| 1:34.5 | end quote. Pediatric neurosurgeon Martin Tisdell led the surgical team at the Great Ormond |
| 1:39.9 | Street Hospital for Children in London, often referred to as Gosh for short, Tisdale told the Guardian, |
| 1:46.3 | quote, for Orrin and his family, epilepsy completely changed their lives. And so to see him |
| 1:51.6 | riding a horse and getting his independence back is absolutely astounding. We couldn't be happier |
| 1:57.4 | to be a part of their journey, end quote. The 13-year-old Oren had surgery last October as part of a trial at Gosh in partnership |
| 2:05.0 | with University College London, King's College Hospital, and the University of Oxford. |
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