This week's (8/2/01) New England Journal of Medicine highlights a significant study on surgery for temporal-lobe epilepsy. It proves, for the first time, in a randomized, controlled trial, that surgery rather than medication should be the mode of choice for temporal-lobe epilepsy.

Dr. Ted Schwartz, new Director of the Center of Epilepsy and Brain Tumor Surgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center, is available for interviews. Contact him through Jonathan Weil, Public Affairs, 212-821-0560.