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23 April, 2013
Published by EpilepsyUni in Childhood Epilepsy, Education, Epilepsy, Neurology, News, Parents, Research, Seizures, Siblings, Treatment
Nevin Runge was 10 months old when she had her first seizure. At 2 1/2 she had such a severe seizure that she was transported by helicopter to a local children’s hospital. What followed was a cycle of drugs that often caused more harm than good, remembers her mom, April Runge, of Crystal Lake. Nevin [...]
10 December, 2012
Published by EpilepsyUni in Childhood Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Media, Medicine, Neurology, News, Research, Seizures, Treatment
Dec. 6, 2012 — Children with persistent and drug-resistant seizures treated with the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet may get an added therapeutic benefit from periodic fasting, according to a small Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study. The results, published online Dec. 3 in the journal Epilepsy Research, suggest the ketogenic diet and fasting can work in tandem to [...]
26 November, 2012
Published by EpilepsyUni in Childhood Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Global, Medicine, Neurology, News, Research
A substance made by the body when it uses fat as fuel could provide a new way of treating epilepsy, experts hope. Researchers in London who have been carrying out preliminary tests of the fatty acid treatment, report their findings in Neuropharmacology journal. They came up with the idea because of a special diet used [...]
15 November, 2012
Published by EpilepsyUni in Childhood Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Local, Media, Medicine, Neurology, News, Parents, Research, Seizures, Social Media, Support, Treatment
In honor of Epilepsy Awareness Month, please welcome our guest contributor, Kelly Urbanik. Kelly is a Registered Dietitian at Arnold Palmer Hospital. She has been working with the Ketogenic Diet Therapy Program for the past 6 years and has worked with over 125 patients for this specialized therapy. As a Registered Dietitian at Arnold Palmer Hospital I [...]
8 November, 2012
Published by EpilepsyUni in Childhood Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Local, Media, Neurology, News, Parents, Seizures, Social Media, Support, Women and Epilepsy
Do you have questions about the Ketogenic Diet? Here is your chance to get them answered by Kelly B. Urbanik, RD, LD/N, CSP of Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children on November 15th at 10:00 AM. Follow @APHospital and @EpilepsyU on Twitter for more information and watch the tweets closely on the day of the event. Tip: [...]
17 July, 2012
Published by EpilepsyUni in Childhood Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Febrile Seizures, Media, Neurology, Parents, Seizures, Social Media
The 4-year-old boy is the son of Jerry and Megan Turner Kovach, of Chicago. Jerry is a native of Streator and a graduate of Woodland High School. Hank’s grandparents include Marilyn Kovach, of Streator, and the late William Kovach. Hank has been diagnosed with Doose Syndrome, a rare and catastrophic form of childhood epilepsy. Also [...]
29 March, 2012
Published by EpilepsyUni in Epilepsy, Medicine, Neurology, Treatment
BALTIMORE – A Severn couple dealing with their daughter’s severe epilepsy said a new diet that’s high in fat has changed their 7-year-old’s life. Nadiya Pelovitz was diagnosed at 13 months with lynex gesteaux syndrome, which is a severe form of epilepsy that, in addition to seizures, has dramatically affected her development. Nadiya’s parents said she [...]
7 March, 2012
Published by EpilepsyUni in Epilepsy, Media, Seizures, Treatment
The Charlie Foundation to Help Cure Pediatric Epilepsy was founded in 1994 after twenty month old Charlie Abrahams, having endured multiple daily seizures, and failed every available anti-convulsant drug and one brain surgery, was cured of his epilepsy by the ketogenic diet at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The diet was undertaken despite resistance from the five pediatric [...]
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