Category: "Seizure Detection"

EPILEPSY: SIGNS, SYMPTOMS, AND TREATMENT

EPILEPSY: SIGNS, SYMPTOMS, AND TREATMENT

For Epilepsy Awareness Month (November), we interviewed SIMED Neurologist Dr. Kraiyuth Vongxaiburana (Vong) to find out what epilepsy is and how it’s treated. But, to understand epilepsy, you must first be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of a seizure. WHAT IS A SEIZURE? A seizure is a surge of abnormal electrical discharges in the brain that […]

New Clues About the Development of Epilepsy

New Clues About the Development of Epilepsy

Summary: The activation of dentate granule cells in the hippocampus plays a key role in alterations that occur during the development of post-traumatic epilepsy. Source: Colorado State University Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of epilepsy, a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures that affect around 50 million people. A research team led by Bret […]

Don’t Miss Tomorrow Night… Epilepsy Association “Zoom-Learn-Ask”

Don’t Miss Tomorrow Night… Epilepsy Association “Zoom-Learn-Ask”

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Podcast: Life as a Medical Student with Epilepsy

Podcast: Life as a Medical Student with Epilepsy

Newswise — Most neurologists and epileptologists do their best to show compassion and empathy for their patients with epilepsy. But imagining yourself in the shoes of someone with epilepsy is different than actually being there. Sharp Waves talked with a medical student in the United States who also has epilepsy. He took a year out […]

No Link Between Antidepressants in Pregnancy, Epilepsy in Children

No Link Between Antidepressants in Pregnancy, Epilepsy in Children

There’s good news for women with a mental health condition: Taking antidepressants early in pregnancy doesn’t increase a baby’s risk of having epilepsy or seizures, researchers say. “The findings of this study are very important,” said study co-author Ayesha Sujan of Indiana University Bloomington. “Pregnancy can be a trying time, and the addition of depression, anxiety and other […]

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