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Does Epilepsy Affect Women Differently?
From puberty to pregnancy, epilepsy affects more than one million women in the United States. Women with epilepsy face unique challenges when dealing with hormonal changes throughout their lives. “It’s important to be aware of these challenges, and even more important...
12 Reasons Dogs Have Seizures and Ways to Help Them
It can be scary when your dog has a seizure, and difficult to keep calm. If your dog just seized and you’re waiting on a veterinary appointment, you may be wondering about the reasons dogs have seizures or how to help. Seizures in dogs can be caused by poisoning,...
Neurologists develop armband that warns of epileptic seizures
Dutch neurologists have conceived an innovation that aims to warn caregivers remotely of possible dangerous epileptic seizures being experienced by people with epilepsy during sleep including tonic and tonic-clonic seizures. It aims to prevent the sudden and...
Lacosamide, epilepsy drug, shows neuroprotective effects in rat model
More dopaminergic neurons, better motor function seen in treated animals Lacosamide, a medication approved to treat epilepsy, showed a potential to be neuroprotective in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease, a study reports. Treatment with lacosamide significantly...
Health ministry to help non-Seoul hospitals introduce epilepsy surgery robots
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will subsidize one public and one private general hospital in the non-Seoul metro region capable of performing epilepsy surgery to introduce robotic equipment. The ministry will receive applications from non-Seoul hospitals wanting...
Scientists Find the Source of a Mysterious Brain Wave That Could Boost Memory and Creativity
The human brain is somewhat similar to a rudimentary radio with five channels. Electrical signals from neurons coordinate across the brain, generating oscillations known as brain waves. Each wave corresponds to a state of the brain. Some come fast and furious, with a...
York firm work with well-known family to find perfect match for twins
A YORK firm has been working with a renowned family in the disability and LGBTQIA+ community to help find them the perfect products for their autistic sons. The well-known Atwal-Brice family visited the Get Cycling showroom in York to trial some inclusive cycles ahead...
Brain Circuit Associated With Epilepsy Found in Mapped Lesions
Lesion mapping led researchers to identify a common brain circuit related to epilepsy. A new brain circuit found by mapping lesions related to epilepsy could have clinical implications for predicting a patient’s risk of epilepsy after brain damage, a study finds....
Caregiving in functional seizures: “Isolated, alone, helpless”
Shannon Guinard had finally booked an appointment with Johns Hopkins Medicine, and she wasn’t going to let it go to waste. Her husband, Eric, had been having seizures for about 16 years, but no one had been able to provide a diagnosis. Guinard believed his seizures...
I felt like there was someone in my head, and it wasn’t me.
UNESCO is leading a global conversation on how best to regulate the Neurotechnology industry. This emerging sector is still something of a ‘black box’. Little is known about how decoding and manipulating our brains might impact us. There is a risk it may even...
Baylor Genetics Announces Epilepsy Panel
Latest Panel Analyzes 397 Genes Associated with Several Epilepsy Conditions, Offering an Analysis of Well-studied, Actionable Genes Related to Many Syndromic and Non-Syndromic Epileptic Disorders Baylor Genetics, a clinical diagnostic laboratory at the forefront of...
Dravet rat model captures seizure disorder’s early features
New version may be more suited for long-term research than other models. Researchers have created a new rat model of Dravet syndrome that captures early features of the disease that may make it more suitable for long-term studies than other models. The study, “A novel...
New groundbreaking epilepsy treatment performed at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Only three hospitals in the UK currently offer this procedure, which aims to help patients with epilepsy become seizure free. Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has recently performed its first procedure using technology that enables clinicians to pinpoint and...
60 diseases and conditions linked to drinking alcohol like beer and wine – from cancer to epilepsy
Researchers have analyzed data identifying that alcohol increases the risk of around 61 diseases and conditions - some of which were never previously linked to boozing Drinking alcohol can put you at risk of developing 60 diseases and conditions, including many which...
Turkish epileptic swimmer defies odds with eyes on Paris 2024
In the face of adversity, Korcan Bulut Özdemir, a 15-year-old swimmer from Bartın, has defied all odds, emerging as a shining star in Turkish swimming. Despite battling epilepsy and having a specific learning disability known as dyslexia, Korcan's determination and...
Galloway police assumed this woman had taken drugs. Instead, she was having an epileptic seizure.
Corynne McKenney-Collier's lawyer Stanley King filed a tort notice last week of intentions to file a lawsuit alleging “unnecessary and excessive force” by Galloway police. Shortly after leaving home for work about 7 a.m., Corynne McKenney-Collier’s vehicle...
Kendal man to walk entire length of Hadrian’s Wall in memory of partner who died from epilepsy
A Kendal man is walking the entire length of Hadrian's Wall in memory of his partner who died from epilepsy. Ewan Duff is walking 84 miles without stopping to raise money for SUDEP, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, Action. His partner Rachel Morgan died despite...
Network of brain connections linked to epileptic seizures
Researchers at the University of College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology have discovered a network of connections in the brain linked to seizures in people with epilepsy. The team believe that their findings, published in the journal Brain, will help...
Jelenew Teams Up with Olympic Medalist Marion Clignet Teams for an Inspiring Charity Ride
Jelenew, a leading luxury women's cycling brand, recently orchestrated a charity cyclosportive to uplift and advocate for individuals affected by epilepsy. This event took place on the third of June in the picturesque setting of Mauvezin, Gers, and aims to raise...
New Gene Therapy Brings Hope for Severe Developmental Epilepsy
The researchers hope to see the treatment reach clinical settings to benefit children affected by Dravet syndrome Researchers at Tel Aviv University, among other institutions, have developed an innovative gene therapy that may help children suffering from...
