From age 7 to 21 I had Janz Syndrome and back in the day (at least where I live) epilepsy was a big social taboo. It was pretty common for people think you were "retarded" for just being affected by it -- even though mine was sort of okay for treatment, with only sporadic GTCs. News like that nearly make me cry a bit, for real, this is incredible stuff. Not because of Apple or some fancy API of course, but because ordinary technology can finally do something for people with these conditions. I bet my parents would have given anything, their whole world, to have a way to be alerted when their small kid was about to have a generalized tonic-clonic seizure so they could be prepared.
My understanding is it is often common for people to have seizures in their sleep so they wake up sore and tired but unsure if they actually had one. This will be awesome to have an "always on" sensor that can give the full picture.
agreed. especially for currently non-curable conditions, social/lifestyle interventions for sufferers and their caregivers with big benefits at next to no cost are a big win.
