The first QC product to provide the Harding Test for photosensitive epilepsy (PSE) within HDR content is now available. PSE is triggered by visual stimuli (such as light flashes, stroboscopic effects or flash photography) that overload the brain temporarily and cause a seizure. PSE affects about one in 4,000 people. Cambridge Research Systems provides the […]
In 2013, Tonya Taylor was suicidal because her epileptic seizures persisted despite taking a long list of medications. Then a fellow patient at a Denver neurologist’s office mentioned something that gave Taylor hope: a CBD oil called Charlotte’s Web. The person told her the oil helped people with uncontrolled epilepsy. However, the doctor would discuss […]
A “world-first” Australian/New Zealand trial of transdermal CBD gel in adults with focal epilepsy has seen the majority of patients experience a reduction in seizures. Focal epilepsy is a condition in which the main symptom is recurring seizures that affect one half of the brain. It’s the most common form of epilepsy in adults, and […]
Whether to drink alcohol or take recreational drugs is a personal choice, but it is worth knowing the possible effects they could have on your epilepsy. Alcohol or recreational drugs can cause epilepsy in some people. Alcohol and epilepsy Alcohol is a common trigger for seizures, especially in the hangover period when your brain is […]
Elisabeth Gentry, 22 and seizure-free, is now driving, working as a full-time nanny, and living independently after her treatment and surgery at UTHealth Houston. Elisabeth Gentry had experienced auras ever since she was a toddler, but she didn’t learn that the occasional strange tastes in her mouth and feelings of impending doom were epilepsy until […]
Soticlestat, a small molecule that inhibits the activity of cholesterol 24-hydroxylase, one of several enzymes responsible for catabolism of cholesterol, has the potential to translate into a useful therapy for epilepsy, but more research from clinical trials are needed, experts said. A compound that inhibits cholesterol catabolism has potential as an antiseizure drug, according to […]
