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Epilepsy
Dr Mark Porter discusses epilepsy including treatments such as brain surgery and a special, high fat diet that controls seizures in some children.
Dr Mark Porter discusses epilepsy and its treatment. Advances in brain scanning and surgery mean an increasing number of people can be cured with an operation. However, surgery is not an option for the majority. Mark talks to epilepsy specialists about drug treatments, and a special high-fat diet, known as the ketogenic diet, which helps to reduce the severity of the condition in some children.
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Wed 23 Feb 2011
16:30
±«Óãtv Radio 4
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