This year, some parents will learn their child needs an Individualized Education Program, commonly known as an IEP. It might be because they severely disrupted the classroom more than once. It could be that they aren’t keeping up academically, even with extra help. It could be a physical disability unknown to parents. The reasons are […]
October 07, 2021 | Childhood Epilepsy, Education, Epilepsy in children, Parents
Several types of headache involve frontal head pain, and identifying the type experienced can help to determine the best treatment. Pain in the front of the head is sometimes described as a frontal lobe headache. According to the National Institute of Health, more than 9 out of 10 people will experience a headache […]
March 01, 2018 | Education, Migraine
Headaches are a common annoyance for most people. There are numerous claims about the benefits of apple cider vinegar, from improving digestion to helping to treat headaches. Whether apple cider vinegar is effective for treating headaches is not yet scientifically proven, but it is still praised by many as a natural treatment that can […]
January 07, 2018 | Education, Migraine
To be safe a driver you must be fully alert and capable of mentally and physically functioning so there’s no danger posed to the driver, passengers and others on the road. Drivers who suffer seizures behind the wheel can cause car accidents that result in serious injuries or deaths. Boca car accident lawyer Joe Osborne […]
June 22, 2017 | Education, Epilepsy
My patient’s mom drops a 500-page collection of internet pages that she had printed in front of me. It’s meticulously researched and indexed about her daughter’s rare epilepsy condition. “Dr. Sirven, this is light reading for your lunches this week and maybe dinners too,” she said. “I hope your wife doesn’t mind.”
June 21, 2017 | Education
A new study published in Epilepsia found that although most newly diagnosed cases of epilepsy in older adults are treated appropriately with monotherapy, only half of those patients receive treatment within the recommended time frame, and a substantial portion were prescribed older antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) despite recommendations to use newer AEDs in this population.
February 16, 2017 | Alzheimer's, Education, Epilepsy, Neurology, News, Parents, Prevention, Research, Seizures, Treatment