Category: "Epilepsy"

Global alert for shortage of medicines for mental health, according to the UN

Global alert for shortage of medicines for mental health, according to the UN

The UN insists in a report published this Thursday on the importance of people suffering from mental health problems having adequate access to psychotropic substances for medical use and warns that 75% of these patients live in countries where their treatment is insufficient. “Despite the universal recognition that psychotropic substances are indispensable from a medical […]

With Neurology-on-Wheels, Doctor Takes Free Epilepsy & Stroke Treatment to Rural Andhra

With Neurology-on-Wheels, Doctor Takes Free Epilepsy & Stroke Treatment to Rural Andhra

Dr Bindu Menon’s foundation runs an initiative called Neurology-on-Wheels, offering free healthcare services to remote areas since 2013. She is also noted for her research in the field of epilepsy, strokes, and other neurological diseases. Sometime in early 2008, Dr Bindu Menon was dropping her daughter to school when other parents and teaching faculty began […]

Health Beat: Safe driving for people with epilepsy

Health Beat: Safe driving for people with epilepsy

There’s a huge sense of freedom when you’re behind the wheel, but it’s also a skill that requires you to avoid distractions. This can prove difficult for people with epilepsy. Medication or deep brain stimulation may control the severity of seizures, but brief periods of abnormal brain activity are difficult to detect. “We have a […]

Growing up with Epilepsy: Changing Docs as you go

Growing up with Epilepsy: Changing Docs as you go

  Almost half a million American kids live with epilepsy and another 10 to 20 million have a chronic illness. As these younger patients grow up, many will need to start treatment with adult specialists, putting them at risk of falling through the cracks. Ivanhoe has more on transitioning care and learning to live in […]

IU opens research institute addressing stigma around mental health

IU opens research institute addressing stigma around mental health

Irsay Institute, funded by gift from Jim Irsay family, will further university’s research and training BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A new research institute at Indiana University, made possible by a $3 million donation from the Jim Irsay family, has formally launched its mission to become a leading national center for addressing the stigma surrounding mental illness and […]

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