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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

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Medical advancements including a brain implant designed to curb seizures in severely epileptic patients, as well as a new treatment option for those suffering from tinnitus. Plus, on This Day in History, the tomato … and that time it was finally proven to be non-poisonous. UK boy has brain implant fitted to control epilepsy seizures in world first | Epilepsy | The Guardian Tongue-Zapping Device Can Rewire Your Brain to Ignore Tinnitus (goodnewsnetwork.org) Col. Johnson's Dramatic Demonstration - Contrary to early 19th century beliefs, tomatoes are not poisonous. It took an eccentric New Englander by the name of Col. Robert Gibbon Johnson to kill this popular belief by merely surviving the consumption of one of today's most popular vegetables... fruits? (missouri.edu) The Bizarre Salem Tomato Trials - The Fact Site Commercial Tomato Production Handbook | UGA Cooperative Extension Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Instagram - Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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