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Epilepsy surgery effective in controlling seizures

Epilepsy surgery is effective in controlling seizures over long term, researchers have found.

According to the findings of the recent research, nearly half of epilepsy sufferers who underwent epilepsy surgery remained free from seizures for about a decade.

The study

Language-obsessed teen has tongue surgery to speak Korean

Learning a new language can be tough, and takes a lot of time and dedication. But just to what extent a foreign language enthusiast would go to learn a new language? A British student had tongue surgery so she can speak Korean better.

Learning second language these days is very important, as it opens up new opportunities and gives learners perspectives that they might never have encountered otherwise.

Is it an extreme to learn second language?

Hypnotism may speed up cancer recovery, relapse

Hypnotising patients undergoing painful cancer surgery could help speed recovery and reduce the odds of its recurrence, a new study presented at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam on Sunday found.

Scientists at the Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels in Belgium have found that a combination of hypnotism and local anesthesia (LA) can expedite healing process in patients undergoing certain kinds of surgeries, reduce drug use and time spent in hospital.

In fact, the technique keeps a check on recurrences and metastases, the experts believe.

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