Seven-year-old children performed better on a challenging task requiring sustained attention if their mothers consumed twice the recommended amount of choline during their pregnancy, a new Cornell study has found. “Several decades of research using rodent models has shown that adding extra choline to the maternal diet produces long term cognitive benefits for the offspring. […]
1. There were no language ability differences among 2-year-old children of women taking epileptic medication during pregnancy compared to children of healthy women not taking medication. 2. Anti-seizure medications taken in the third trimester of pregnancy had insignificant teratogenic effects on the developing fetal brain and subsequent cognitive abilities. While it is generally a well-known […]
Children born to women with epilepsy who were taking the antiseizure medications (ASMs) lamotrigine and levetiracetam during pregnancy were not at increased risk for developmental delays at age 3, according to study findings that will be presented at the American Academy of 73rd Annual Meeting held virtually April 17 to 22, 2021.1 Photo: Except for […]
New research has discovered that with proper medication management, epilepsy seizures do not worsen in pregnancy. New research has provided insight into the impact pregnancy has on epilepsy. Specifically, a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found that with effective medication management, seizures associated with epilepsy do not worsen with pregnancy, Neurology Today reports. Epilepsy is a […]
Four of the 10 of the most common epilepsy medications increase the risk of a baby having a physical birth defect when born if they are taken while a woman is pregnant, a government review has found. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, which analysed 10 of the most widely distributed epilepsy medicines, found carbamazepine (brand name […]
Worldwide, more than 15 million women of childbearing age have epilepsy. Each year about 600,000 of them become pregnant. In the past, women with epilepsy were told not to get pregnant. Some were forcibly sterilized. Now, most women with epilepsy can have safe and healthy pregnancies; however, there are unique risks that can require careful […]
