A concussion is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that can happen after a blow or a jolt to your head. It happens if the impact was strong enough to make your brain move rapidly back and forth inside your skull. This results in chemical changes in your brain that affect its normal function. There are […]
June 22, 2022 | Epilepsy, Human Interest Epilepsy, Medicine, Neurology, News, Seizure Types, Seizures, SUDEP
Epilepsy is a chronic disorder in the central nervous system hence it is also called a neurological disorder. This disorder usually causes abnormal brain activity, leading to seizures or periodic unusual behaviour, sensations, or loss of self-awareness. According to Deegbea, Aziato and Attiogbea (2019), epilepsy interrupts the normal electrical activity of the brain to cause […]
June 22, 2022 | Epilepsy, Human Interest Epilepsy, Neurology, News, Seizures, SUDEP, Support, Technology
Epileptics who sleep on their stomachs may be at a higher risk of an unexpected, sudden death, says the American Academy of Neurology. Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by seizures. People with epilepsy who experience tonic clonic seizures (formally called grand mal seizures) that affect the whole brain are more likely to die suddenly […]
June 22, 2022 | Epilepsy, Human Interest Epilepsy, Neurology, News, Research, Seizures, SUDEP
The RADAR-CNS project has collected data from smartphones and wearables to assess how remote measurement technology could help manage depression, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. The results of a six-year project involving 22 organizations across Europe and the United States have provided landmark insights into how technology in the form of wearables and smartphones could transform […]
June 10, 2022 | Depression, Epilepsy, Human Interest Epilepsy, Neurology, News, Research, Seizures, SUDEP, Technology
5 Things You Should Know about SUDEP 1. SUDEP is not well understood. SUDEP stands for “Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy”. It refers to deaths in people with epilepsy that are not from injury, drowning, or other known causes. Most, but not all, cases of SUDEP happen during or right after a seizure. Researchers do […]
June 06, 2022 | Epilepsy, Epilepsy in children, Featured Slider, News, Research, Seizures, SUDEP, Support
30 trees are planted along Cedar Rapids’ Grande Avenue SE CEDAR RAPIDS — When Pat Drahos’ late son, Joe, was about 10 years old, he had endless adventures with his best friends playing along the Grande Avenue SE boulevard. She remembered him posing for photos when the boulevard was put there in the 1990s. In […]
June 03, 2022 | Epilepsy, Human Interest Epilepsy, Seizures, SUDEP
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