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What Is Hyperosmia?

What Is Hyperosmia?

Hyperosmia is a disorder that manifests as a hypersensitive sense of smell. It is caused when people have more significant problems with withstanding odor. Hyperosmia is a disorder that manifests as a hypersensitive sense of smell. It happens when people have more...

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The Word That Bothers Me as a Person With Epilepsy

The Word That Bothers Me as a Person With Epilepsy

Epileptic. When I hear this word, right away, I feel judged. I feel stigmatized. I feel different. The first time someone called me an epileptic, he and I were parting ways after spending the afternoon together. I had recently revealed to him that I have epilepsy and...

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The identity issue

The identity issue

The Generation Next staff comprises diverse high school students, all with different life experiences. Here, they explore the meaning of identity. A couple of them discuss how they’ve embraced the fusion of American culture and that of their immigrant families; one...

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UZ Leuven uses new technique to combat epilepsy

UZ Leuven uses new technique to combat epilepsy

A team at the Leuven university hospital has carried out a new minimally invasive brain operation to treat a young woman with epilepsy. The team under Professor Tom Theys used a laser in tandem with an MRI scanner to help locate exactly the tissue to be removed from...

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Sorting CDB Truth From Hype

Sorting CDB Truth From Hype

Separating fact from fiction It seems as though someone’s peddling CBD on every street corner these days. You can buy CBD lotion that promises to reduce inflammation, book a CBD pedicure or massage that will supposedly enable you to achieve new levels of deep...

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Fresh Approach to Epilepsy Treatment Rekindles Zest for Life

Fresh Approach to Epilepsy Treatment Rekindles Zest for Life

PHOTO: Janice Breien was anxious to find a better way to manage the seizures that regularly disrupted her daily life. Enter her Mayo care team — ready to listen and provide solutions. Now, with her seizures under control, Janice has a renewed sense of optimism. "I...

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Good Seizure Control Means Total Seizure Control

Good Seizure Control Means Total Seizure Control

SUDEP prevention is one more reason zero should always be the goal The best defense against sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) — or, more precisely, sudden, unexpected, nontraumatic, nondrowning death in a patient with epilepsy — is good seizure control....

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Clear Evidence: What You Eat Affects Your Mental Health

Clear Evidence: What You Eat Affects Your Mental Health

Research explains the connection between diet, mood, and cognition. If there’s one concept health researchers have come to agree on it’s this: What you eat matters. Although they don’t always agree on what constitutes a healthy diet, medical experts have long...

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