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Six ways physicians can help optimize reproductive health in women with epilepsy
Worldwide, more than 15 million women of childbearing age have epilepsy. Each year about 600,000 of them become pregnant. In the past, women with epilepsy were told not to get pregnant. Some were forcibly sterilized. Now, most women with epilepsy can have safe and...
NEURON TRANSPLANT MAY PREVENT EPILEPSY AFTER BRAIN INJURY
A new cell therapy improved memory and prevented seizures in mice following traumatic brain injury, researchers report. Traumatic brain injuries affect 2 million Americans each year and causes cell death and inflammation in the brain. People who experience a head...
Quicker diagnosis and treatment of people suffering from epilepsy thanks to computers
With the help of the EEG, doctors analyze what is happening in patients' brains. Valuable information, but unfortunately, also a time-consuming process and not always possible at the moment you want to perform a measurement. According to Michel van Putten, neurologist...
Children with epilepsy find a friend in Alexa-based Ella the Jellyfish
Children with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, and their parents can now lean on Amazon Alexa for support — and some fun. Eisai developed a first-of-its-kind Alexa Skill to support these patients and their caregivers. Called Ella the...
High Levels of Socioeconomic Deprivation Seen in Those With Dissociative Seizures
Dissociative seizures happen for psychological reasons rather than physical ones. Often dissociative seizures are how the brain reacts to thoughts or feelings related to present and past experiences. This is different from epilepsy. Epileptic seizures happen because...
Simulation-based method to target Epilepsy goes into clinical trial
In what represents a major milestone on the path to clinical application, a novel method to improve outcomes of Epilepsy surgery has now received approval for clinical testing in 13 French hospitals. The approach could provide a better therapeutic perspective against...
‘Snake oil salesmen’: Two neurologists respond to the CBD craze
The CBD craze has taken the world by storm, seizing promotional and consumer dollars as fast as anything in recent memory: cryptocurrencies, fake (but edible and delicious) meat, or vaping. According to estimates from data research firm Brightfield, the U.S. CBD...
Brain scanner for children could make it easier for scientists to diagnose autism and epilepsy!
A new wearable bike helmet-style brain scanner system could make scans easier and more reliable in children, researchers say. The helmet allows natural movement during scanning, and has been used on a study with young children for the first time. Scientists say this...
Non-Epileptic Attacks Information about non-epileptic attacks and non-epileptic attack disorder
What can help? Understanding the Condition: The first step is helping you and your family to understand the condition. Receiving the correct diagnosis can be enough for some people’s attacks to stop. Within weeks after the diagnosis, 1 in 6 people experience no...
Kids’ Fever-Related Convulsions Tied to Greater Risk of Epilepsy, Schizophrenia Kids’ Fever-Related Convulsions Tied to Greater Risk of Epilepsy, Schizophrenia
A new Danish study shows a link between repeated febrile (fever-related) convulsions and the risk of epilepsy and psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and depression. The register-based study involved two million Danish children born between 1977...
World Federation of Neurology Reveals New Frontiers in Epilepsy Treatment for Children, Pregnant Women and, New Links Between ADHD and Epilepsy at 24th Annual World Congress of Neurology, Dubai
The road to caring for patients with epilepsy is leading to more effective options for patients of all ages, according to expert findings unveiled by members of the World Federation of Neurology. Breakthrough advances in epilepsy research will take center stage as the...
Single seizure may have long-lasting effects on brain
A single seizure early in life leads to enduring behavioral problems, including diminished sociability, in mice. Researchers found this to be true in typical mice, as well as in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition related to autism. The...
LIVING WITH EPILEPSY
Epilepsy can cause a number of health complications, especially if it goes untreated. The most serious of these complications is known as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). While uncommon, it does cause great concern among those with epilepsy because so...
Molecules in Blood Spike Hours before Seizures
Researchers measured a predictive increase in transfer RNA in people with epilepsy. PHOTO: Brain scan shows activity caused by epilepsy. Credit: SCIENCE SOURCE More than 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and one of its harshest aspects is its...
WHY EVEN WELL-CONTROLLED EPILEPSY MAY DISRUPT THINKING
For people with epilepsy, transient bursts of high-frequency electrical activity in epileptic brain tissue can impair thinking even when no seizure is occurring, a new study shows. The pathological buzz of electrical brain activity interferes with the brain’s normal...
Repeated febrile convulsions linked to epilepsy and psychiatric disorders
Children who suffer repeated febrile convulsions have an increased risk of developing epilepsy and psychiatric disorders later in life; this is shown by a comprehensive register-based study from Aarhus University, Denmark The risk of febrile convulsions increases with...
CBD may alleviate seizures, benefit behaviors in people with neurodevelopmental conditions/Angelman Syndrome
A marijuana plant extract, also known as cannabidiol (CBD), is being commonly used to improve anxiety, sleep problems, pain, and many other neurological conditions. Now UNC School of Medicine researchers show it may alleviate seizures and normalize brain rhythms in...
Epilepsy surgery: The earlier the better, overview study shows
A person with drug resistant epilepsy who gets an early surgical intervention has a better chance of becoming seizure free. This is shown in a systematic review and meta-analysis in which Sahlgrenska Academy researchers, in collaboration with the Swedish Council for...
Testing new treatment for epilepsy patients
Seizure onset zone located immediately, dealt with. University of Houston associate professor of biomedical engineering Nuri Ince, who pioneered a dramatic decrease in the time it takes to detect the seizure onset zone (SOZ) in the brain, has been awarded $2.3 million...
Six Things Every Parent Should Know About SUDEP
In July, Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died at age 20, with an autopsy confirming the cause was sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Epilepsy is not considered a terminal illness or even a condition that frequently causes death. But in rare cases, it can...
