Strobe lighting at electronic dance music festivals may be linked to a tripling in the risk of epileptic fits in susceptible individuals, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
"It is a simple and effective method that allows analysing various signals very quickly, and you also don't have to wait for the person to suffer an epileptic fit to get results. Suffering a fit can ...
This is the terrifying moment a man suffered an epileptic fit during a skydive at 12,000 feet. Dramatic headcam footage shows Christopher Jones throwing himself out of a plane above Pinjarra in ...
A mother-to-be and her unborn baby who died after she had an epileptic seizure was not told the risks over her condition, an inquest has heard. Megan Gardiner, 25, was 17 weeks pregnant when she and ...
Can so-called "flashlight" weapons really make you vomit? Or send you into an epileptic fit? I have a feature in* New Scientist* on non-lethal strobe devices -- new arms, relying on flashing lights, ...