Summary What is already known about this topic? Seizures or epilepsy account for 1% of annual emergency department (ED) visits. Data on seizure- or epilepsy-related ED visits during the COVID-19 pandemic are limited. What is added by this report? Weekly seizure- or epilepsy-related ED visits decreased sharply during the early pandemic period among all age […]
Welcome to Stylist’s Sleep Diaries, where we’re taking a deep-dive into one of the most important (and elusive) factors in our day-to-day lives: sleep. To help us understand more about it, we’re inviting women to track their bedtime routines over a five-day period – and presenting these diaries to sleep expert Dr Nerina Ramlakhan for analysis. In this week’s Sleep Diaries,a 27-year-old journalist […]
Topiramate, introduced as an antiepileptic drug (AED), is currently most widely used for prevention of migraine headaches. Because reproductive-aged women represent a population in which migraines are prevalent, clinicians need guidance to help women taking topiramate make sound contraceptive choices. Several issues are relevant here. First, women who have migraines with aura should avoid estrogen-containing contraceptive pills, patches, and rings. Instead, […]
PEORIA, Ill. — Rachel Hearn has made it her mission to spread awareness and education about epilepsy throughout the Peoria area. “When you know that you’re called to do something, you just have to keep going no matter what,” said Hearn. After being diagnosed with complex partial temporal epilepsy in 2006, Hearn said she quickly […]
Blood levels of many commonly used antiepileptic drugs drop dramatically with the onset of pregnancy, report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Minnesota today in JAMA Neurology. The findings, collected as part of the multicenter study Maternal Outcomes and Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs (MONEAD), explain why many people with epilepsy start […]
It is a known fact that the prevalence of epilepsy, which is seen in approximately 65 million people in the world. Altınbaş University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Doctor, and Faculty Member Emir Ruşen pointed out that epilepsy is the most common neurological disease in children up to the age of 16 stated that […]
