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Epilepsy Treatment Success is Assessable in Advance

18 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Childhood Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Media, Medicine, Neurology, News, Parents, Research, Seizures, Technology, Treatment

Great advances have been made in recent years in epilepsy therapy but only a fraction of people suffering from epilepsy have thus far benefited from them, with a substantial variations in access to newer treatments. That is true for example of epilepsy surgery, where the area of the brain causing the seizure is removed in the case [...]

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STUDY: Common drug reduces febrile seizures

17 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Childhood Epilepsy, Febrile Seizures, Medicine, Neurology, News, Seizures, Support

Nimodipine reduces febrile seizures Fever-induced childhood seizures, known as febrile seizures, can be terrifying for parents to witness. The full-body convulsions, which mostly affect children six months to five years old, can last from mere seconds up to more than 40 minutes. Currently, children are not treated with daily anticonvulsant medication to prevent these seizures [...]

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Follow Up on Michael Hammer: Three Published Studies Linked to Father’s Search for Cause of Daughter’s Epilepsy

17 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Autism, Childhood Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Featured, Global, Media, Medicine, Neurology, News, Parents, Research, Seizures, Social Media, Support, Technology, Treatment, Women and Epilepsy

Three studies associated with Michael Hammer’s investigation into the cause of his daughter’s epilepsy are reported in peer-reviewed journals. • The first sought a genetic cause for Shay Hammer’s epilepsy and involved sequencing of the entire genome of Shay, her parents, Michael and Susanne Hammer, and her brother, Isaac. It found a genetic mutation that [...]

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Study: Epilepsy Patients Use Mind-Control to Move Computer Cursor

14 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Epilepsy, Global, Media, Medicine, Neurology, News, Research, Seizures, Social Media, Technology, Treatment

Research like this could one day lead to better robotic limbs that are capable of smarter mind-control A new study has mapped the neurological signals throughout the brain while patients complete tasks using only their thoughts, showing promise for mind-controlled robotic limbs. University of Washington researchers, led by Rajesh Rao (a UW professor of computer science and engineering), have [...]

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NJ Extends Epilepsy Task Force Bill and School Nurse Representation

14 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Education, employment, Epilepsy, Media, Medicine, Neurology, News, Research, Seizures, Social Media, Technology, Treatment

TRENTON, NJ – Legislation sponsored by Senator Fred H. Madden (D-Gloucester/Camden) that would extend the work of the New Jersey Epilepsy Task Force for another year and add representation for school nurses was signed into law today. “Patients living with epilepsy and other seizure disorders suffer from psychological and social stigmas that go far beyond [...]

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Medical Curriculum Technologies Produces New Online Course for Seizures and Epilepsy Treatment

13 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Childhood Epilepsy, Education, Epilepsy, EpilepsyU News, Family and Friends, Featured, Games, Global, Local, Media, Medicine, Neurology, News, Parents, Research, Seizures, Social Media, Support, Technology, Treatment, video, Women and Epilepsy

Our friends at Medical Curriculum Technologies (MCT), also located right here in Orlando, Florida, have produced some of the most interactive medical staff training courses the world has ever seen. These courses feature highly interactive training with “game-like” tasks, where you have to perform the steps in order to successfully pass the section. Placing a [...]

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Link between epilepsy and schizophrenia

12 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Epilepsy, Global, Media, Medicine, Neurology, News, Research, Seizures, Social Media

People who have a history of epilepsy would seem to be at increased risk of developing schizophrenia. The cause of schizophrenia, a psychotic mental illness that leads to much disability, is not well known. But doctors at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, suggest it could be linked to epilepsy. They studied a database of 2.27 [...]

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Supernus On Track To Launch Trokendi XR Epilepsy Drug in Late 2013

11 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Global, Medicine, News, Treatment

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc (SUPN), a developer of products to treat central nervous system, Monday said it received a tentative approval letter from the Food & Drug Administration or FDA for its epilepsy drug Trokendi XR. The product is tentatively approved for use as recommended in the submitted and agreed-upon labeling. Trokendi XR formerly known as [...]

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Testing for the SCN1A Gene Mutation

11 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Autism, Childhood Epilepsy, Education, Epilepsy, Family and Friends, Featured, Febrile Seizures, Global, Local, Media, Medicine, Neurology, News, Parents, Research, Seizures, Social Media, Support, Surgery, Treatment

In the April 15, 2013 early view issue of the journal Epilepsia, Doctors Hirose and colleagues from the Genetics Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy present an important, clinically applicable practice guideline with regards to SCN1A testing for epilepsy. SCN1A is a gene that encodes for the alpha 1 subunit of neuronal voltage-gated sodium channels. Mutations [...]

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Epilepsy Drug a Good Indicator for Contaminated Drinking Water

11 June, 2013   
Published by EpilepsyUni in Epilepsy, Global, Media, Medicine, News, Research, Social Media, Technology

[Jerusalem, Israel] Researchers from the Hebrew University have found that an anti-epilepsy drug, carbamazepine, which remains in reclaimed water after purification can be used to detect water pollution. Carbamazepine, a drug used to treat epilepsy, could become an important tool in finding pollutants in sources of drinking water, according to a study conducted by Hebrew [...]

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