Search Tag: brain surgery

Executive Health Management

The-nhs-announced-cutting-edge-laser-to-treat-epilepsy

2022 03 Nov

The NHS has announced the launch of laser beam brain surgery to treat patients with epilepsy. Part of the NHS Long Term Plan commitment is to ensure the most effective treatments are rolled out across the country, and this pioneering laser beam treatment is its lastest example.   Epilepsy patients who not have responded well to other forms of...Read more

Executive Health Management

Ageing-population-will-increase-the-need-for-neurosurgeons

2015 23 Mar

New research from NYU Langone Medical Center predicts that, as the population ages, hospitals will require more neurosurgeons to handle the projected influx of patients needing treatment for chronic subdural haemorrhage (SDH). By the year 2030, SDH will surpass brain tumours to become the most common brain condition in adults that requires intervention...Read more