Category: "Human Interest Epilepsy"

Northern Ireland epilepsy numbers “highly concerning”

Northern Ireland epilepsy numbers “highly concerning”

Epilepsy numbers in Northern Ireland have been called “highly concerning” by Epilepsy Action following recently published UK epilepsy prevalence and incidence figures. A UK research team published findings on the prevalence (number of people) and incidence (number of new cases) of epilepsy in the UK’s different nations in Seizure journal in January this year. The total number of people […]

One Diet Appeared Tops for Short-Term Seizure Control in Pediatric Epilepsy

One Diet Appeared Tops for Short-Term Seizure Control in Pediatric Epilepsy

— With better tolerability, modified Atkins diet the “sounder option,” according to researchers In children with drug-resistant epilepsy, the modified Atkins and ketogenic diets were more effective than usual care in achieving large short-term reductions in seizures and short-term seizure freedom, a systematic review and network meta-analysis found. Across 12 randomized trials, all three dietary […]

Korea has no policy to improve epilepsy patients’ life: IBE chief

Korea has no policy to improve epilepsy patients’ life: IBE chief

The International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) has called for Korea to enact the bill to “manage epilepsy and support epilepsy patients” pending at the National Assembly Committee for Health and Welfare. “The government of the Republic of Korea took part in the unanimous approval of the Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and other neurological disorders […]

Exercise is beneficial for people with epilepsy. Many physicians still don’t encourage it.

Exercise is beneficial for people with epilepsy. Many physicians still don’t encourage it.

Newswise — Exercise helped Delhi college student Vinay Jani gain strength and lose weight. But in 2005, he began having seizures. Seizure control was elusive, and Jani went into a depression. He stopped exercising and gained back more than half the weight he had lost. After a hospital stay due to a seizure, Jani went […]

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