{"id":123636,"date":"2024-11-08T23:27:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T16:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123636"},"modified":"2024-11-08T23:27:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T16:27:48","slug":"worlds-first-epilepsy-device-fitted-in-boys-skull-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123636","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s first epilepsy device fitted in boy&#8217;s skull | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Az7hzy0a9Eg?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>A boy with severe epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to trial a new device fitted in their skull to control seizures.<\/p>\n<p>The neurostimulator, which sends electrical signals deep into his brain, has reduced Oran Knowlson\u2019s daytime seizures by 80%.<\/p>\n<p>The surgery was carried out in October as part of a trial at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London when Oran &#8211; who is now 13 &#8211; was 12.<br \/>\nEpilepsy seizures are triggered by abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain.<\/p>\n<p>The device, which emits a constant pulse of current, aims to block or disrupt the abnormal signals.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#UK #Science #BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Az7hzy0a9Eg\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A boy with severe epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to trial a new device fitted in their skull to control seizures. The neurostimulator, which sends electrical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123636\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}