ILAE (International League Against Epilepsy) talked with Ovidio Solano Cabrera, head of the Epilepsy Clinic in the Neurology Service at the Social Security Institute, San Salvador, and second vice president of the El Salvador chapter of ILAE. Newswise — Though El Salvador is one of the smallest countries in Latin America, it is densely populated, home […]
A program called Home-Based Self-Management and Cognitive Training Changes Lives, or HOBSCOTCH, improved cognition and quality of life in persons with epilepsy, according to a study published in Neurology on April 6. “Nearly 50 percent of persons with epilepsy (PWE) have cognitive impairment affecting health, productivity, and quality of life,” wrote lead study author Nicholas Alexius Streltzov, […]
Kelli Janysek, 31, was an only child for five years. Then, her brother was born, and her world turned upside down. “He was born with epilepsy and a stomach muscle issue which required surgery at birth,” she discloses. “His epilepsy was very severe as an infant and toddler (grand mal seizures, constant staring spells, etc.). […]
As a mother of two children who suffer from a rare form of epilepsy, Isabelle Nodin says she hasn’t grown accustomed to seeing her daughter Camille or son Thomas have multiple seizures a day, but rather she has learned to live with the pain. But since the two teenagers joined a large-scale medical cannabis trial […]
When the Russian military invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the free world watched in horror. Over the past month, as violence against the people of Ukraine escalated, many volunteers around the globe sprang into action. Among them was child neurologist, Agnieszka Kielian, MD, who had immigrated to the United States from Poland at age […]
To raise awareness on epilepsy and reduce the social stigma around it, author Preeti Singh unveiled her book, Of Epilepsy Butterflies. The book encapsulates stories of eight people afflicted with epilepsy, including the author, who was diagnosed with the brain disorder at the age of two. Placing emphasis on the need to break down existing […]
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