If you have a pacemaker and become terminally ill with a condition unrelated to your heart, such as cancer, it's possible that your pacemaker could prolong the process of dying. Doctors and researchers have varied opinions on turning off a pacemaker in end-of-life situations.
Epilepsy Fellowship About the Program The academic role of Epilepsy clinics is to familiarize fellows with epilepsy disorders or mimetic conditions in pediatric and adult population. Fellows will learn the etiology, pathophysiologic process, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, diagnostic work up and therapeutic management of epilepsy disorders as well as the social aspects of the disease.
A normal ('negative') result. This shows a typical pattern of electrical activity from the brain. Most people without epilepsy, and many people with epilepsy, have a normal result. This is because an electroencephalograph (EEG) only shows the electrical activity of the brain when the test is done. With many types of epilepsy, you only have abnormal electrical activity during a seizure.