Brain regions map lesions associated with epilepsy, guiding interventions, and unclear causes of epilepsy. Researchers conducted a retrospective study and mapped epilepsy-associated lesion locations to specific brain regions and networks, revealing the potential for targeted treatments. They utilized lesion location and network mapping to pinpoint brain regions and networks linked to epilepsy. Patients with post-stroke epilepsy […]
September 13, 2023 | Epilepsy, Neurology, Research, Seizures, Technology
Researchers in Ireland have announced a technology breakthrough that will help people with drug-resistant epilepsy. The team at IPIC, the SFI Research Centre for Photonics at the Tyndall National Institute at UCC in Cork, has partnered with Belgium-based preclinical medical device company, Synergia Medical, to develop new technology that could significantly reduce seizures for people […]
September 11, 2023 | Epilepsy, Neurology, Prevention, Research, Technology
The Epilepsy Society is proud to be part of ground-breaking research which has revealed 26 potential new sites for epilepsy in our DNA, including 19 which are thought to be linked to Genetic Generalized Epilepsy. Additionally, the research has identified 29 genes which are thought to contribute to the development of epilepsy in these areas of […]
September 08, 2023 | Epilepsy, Genetic sequencing, Human Interest Epilepsy, Neurology, News, Seizure Detection, Seizures
Epilepsy was independently associated with clinically meaningful increases in the risk of osteoporosis, with enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications (eiASMs) and non-eiASMs associated with significant increases in the risk of epilepsy, according to a new study. This study, published in JAMA Neurology, highlights the importance of routine screening and prophylaxis in all patients with epilepsy. “Incident adult-onset epilepsy, independent of […]
September 03, 2023 | Epilepsy, Human Interest Epilepsy, Medicine, Neurology, Research, Seizures
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes recurrent seizures and can significantly impact an individual’s quality of life. Anticonvulsant medications don’t control seizures well for about one-third of patients with epilepsy. For some of these patients, deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is a promising therapy. DBS involves implanting electrodes, or leads, in specific regions of the […]
August 24, 2023 | EEG, Epilepsy, Medicine, Neurology, Prevention, Seizures, Technology, Treatment
As a large population of patients with epilepsy ages, risk of hyponatremia has become an important clinical concern, in which monitoring of serum sodium levels when receiving antiseizure medications or antipsychotics (ASMs) may help identify and minimize the risk of hyponatremia in patients with epilepsy. “Although hyponatremia is a frequent problem associated with epilepsy, to our knowledge, […]
August 21, 2023 | Epilepsy, Human Interest Epilepsy, Neurology, Prevention, Seizures
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