Epileptics Can Manage Their Condition with Smartphone Apps
From: Medical Design Technology - 07/01/2015

While many people with epilepsy can control their seizures with medication,
those unpredictable and involuntary changes in behavior and consciousness can
be limiting for others. Neurologists writing in the International Journal of
Epilepsy evaluated the application of smartphones in epilepsy care.

The paper by Lakshmi Narasimhan Ranganathan and colleagues at the Madras
Medical College Institute of Neurology in India has been selected for an
Elsevier Atlas Award.

Ranganathan's team evaluated the mobile applications available for the
everyday care of patients with epilepsy. Those apps include seizure diaries
as well as medication trackers with reminders to take the next dose of
medication. In addition, apps are available to answer any questions patients
with epilepsy might have, to detect potential drug interactions and to detect
seizures. The latter type of apps senses the irregular motions characteristic
of an epileptic seizure and automatically set off an alarm to alert
caregivers and doctors.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/07/epileptics-can-manage-their-condition-smartphone-apps

Links:
People with epilepsy can benefit from smartphone apps to manage their
  condition
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150701083041.htm

Application of mobile phones in epilepsy care
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213632015000044

Related:
Epilepsy Study Is First Researchkit App to Use Apple Watch
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2015/10/epilepsy-study-first-researchkit-app-use-apple-watch

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