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Motorist suffers seizure, crashes into 9 vehicles at traffic lights
MELAKA: Six people were injured in an accident involving 10 vehicles when one of the drivers, who is an epileptic, had a seizure at the traffic light intersection at Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, Lebuh Ayer Keroh, here yesterday. Melaka traffic enforcement investigation...
Shaken Baby Syndrome: The Very Serious Damage Of Violence On The Newborn Child
Shaken baby syndrome (also called by the acronym SBS, or abusive head trauma or shaken baby syndrome) is a very serious form of physical abuse, mainly – but not exclusively – intra-familial abuse of children generally under one year of age (infants and young children)...
Bridging the gap between adolescent and adult care
University of Cincinnati clinics aid patients with disabilities, epilepsy Medical researchers estimate that about 4.5 million Americans with chronic health conditions are currently moving from adolescence into adulthood. The process of becoming an adult can be...
Trees Forever plants ‘beautiful legacy’ to raise epilepsy awareness in honor of late Joe Drahos
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...
New Mobile App Giving People With Epilepsy Advanced Warning Of A Seizure
A new mobile app feature – made here in Australia – is bringing new hope to epilepsy sufferers worldwide. The innovative technology, which has been 10 years in the making, is designed to help better diagnose and forecast epileptic seizures in real time. The free app...
Japan Considers Very Limited Medical Cannabis Reform
Japan’s Health Ministry is considering reforming the nation’s cannabis laws to provide for the legal use of medical cannabis. A panel comprised of Japan Health Ministry experts met last week to continue discussions regarding revisions to Japan’s 1948 Cannabis Control...
Kids with additional needs lose ‘lifeline’ summer school
Angry families have slammed cuts to a “lifeline” summer service at a school for kids with additional needs. They hit out after East Renfrewshire Council cancelled two weeks of holiday activities at Isobel Mair School, in Newton Mearns, for more than 100 primary and...
New treatment option available for Dravet syndrome
Global biopharma company UCB says the UK’s National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE) has issued a positive Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) for its FINTEPLA (fenfluramine) oral solution. FINTEPLA is used for the treatment of seizures associated with...
Adults in 50s and Seizure Outcomes Following Resective Epilepsy Surgery
Age 50 years and older should not be considered an exclusion criterion for resective epilepsy surgery (RES) in patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), according to a retrospective analysis published in the journal Neurochirurgie. Surgery is an...
Groove rhythm stimulates prefrontal cortex function in groove enjoyers
Abstract Hearing a groove rhythm (GR), which creates the sensation of wanting to move to the music, can also create feelings of pleasure and arousal in people, and it may enhance cognitive performance, as does exercise, by stimulating the prefrontal cortex. Here, we...
Large-scale medical cannabis study led by FGCU will explore best CBD/THC ratio for treatment of anxiety
According to data from the Florida Department of Health there are more than 645-thousand active patients currently eligible for medicinal cannabis in Florida. Qualifying conditions in Florida include things like cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, seizures, PTSD, Parkinson’s...
Passenger suffered epileptic seizure amid Dublin Airport weekend chaos
The passenger's wife believes the stress of the situation triggered the seizure. Monday night's episode of Claire Byrne saw a guest state that her husband suffered an epileptic seizure during the chaos at Dublin Airport last weekend. This follows the DAA (Dublin...
The cause of infantile spasms may provide the key to novel treatments
A study of animal and human brains uncovered what causes infantile spasms and identified a hormone that could be used to treat and alleviate symptoms. By studying the brains of infantile spasm (IS) patients and animal models, John Swann’s laboratory at the Jan and Dan...
Puppet performance educates families about epilepsy
Demmi Connonlly (left) and Darrel Stephenson showcase a puppet show that educates and entertains children about epilepsy. It runs at the International Children's Festival of the Arts from June 2 to 5. Children with epilepsy often face numerous personal challenges....
Time for employers to learn more about epilepsy
Lesslie Young on the challenges facing people with epilepsy Last week, Epilepsy Scotland launched the #ExcelWithEpilepsy campaign during National Epilepsy Week. The aim of the campaign was to show that epilepsy or any other neurological condition does not have to stop...
World Health Organization Unanimously Approves Plan to Improve Epilepsy Care, Reduce Stigma
Newswise — On 27 May 2022, World Health Organization (WHO) Member States approved the Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders (IGAP) at the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. Four international organizations and...
Seizure- or Epilepsy-Related Emergency Department Visits Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2019–2021
Summary What is already known about this topic? Seizures or epilepsy account for 1% of annual emergency department (ED) visits. Data on seizure- or epilepsy-related ED visits during the COVID-19 pandemic are limited. What is added by this report? Weekly seizure- or...
Opinion If Roe falls, more women will be prosecuted for miscarriages
About 10 years ago, a longtime state medical examiner in Texas and Mississippi told me something that has stuck with me ever since. He said there’s a type of prosecutor who believes that innocent babies just don’t die on their own. “They don’t believe in accidents,”...
Murray on Morning Live with Martin Kemp
It’s not every day you get asked to share your epilepsy story on Morning TV, let alone get to meet one of your musical heroes! For Epilepsy Action media volunteer Murray, it was all in a day’s work when he got the call to feature in a BBC Morning Live film, fronted by...
What to Expect with Absence Seizures
An absence seizure is a generalized onset seizure, which affects both sides of the brain at the same moment. During an absence seizure, you lose awareness of your surroundings.These seizures can cause a person to stare blankly, as though they are daydreaming. They may...
