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Understanding epilepsy and the comprehensive care available to patients - “When people have a seizure, usually what we’re describing is an abnormal electrical activity in the brain,” said Dr. Thomas Bullock, Eastside Neuroscience Institute and epilepsy program medical ...

My life has changed beyond recognition since my first epilepsy seizure and I feel like a burden - DEAR DEIDRE: EPILEPSY has completely ruined my life. Four years ago, I collapsed on the bus home and since then I have regular seizures that come out of the blue. These episodes often lead to injuries ...

Watch a Service Dog Leap Into Action During Owner's Seizure: 'Proud' - After her dog's reaction went viral, Jaime Simpson has vowed to continue advocating for service dogs, as they could be lifesaving.

From epilepsy to cancer & even stress – how safe really is CBD and what are the long term effects of celeb endorsed drug - BACKED by celebs including Claudia Winkleman and David Beckham, products containing CBD are being used by around 6.5million people in the UK. It is claimed that CBD — a natural ingredient found in ...

Epilepsy: Amelia's Story - A ketogenic diet became part of the lifesaving treatment for a 4-year-old Johns Hopkins Children’s Center patient with epilepsy.

Seizure Risk Nearly Double in Patients With MS - The risk for seizure is almost twofold higher in patients with multiple sclerosis than in those without MS and higher still among those taking an S1PR modulator.

Study reveals key mechanisms of a rare form of epilepsy - A study has identified a genetic mutation underlying a rare form of epilepsy, and reveals novel molecular and cellular mechanisms by which the disorder manifests in patients.

A seizure ended his NASCAR Cup Series hopes. Now, Matt Tifft is back in racing - Matt Tifft was on the rise in NASCAR. And then one day in 2019, it all changed. Over four years later, Tifft is set to return to racing.

Hormonal Challenges To Reproductive Health: Unique Epilepsy Challenges Women Face - Epilepsy in women presents unique considerations encompassing hormonal influences, reproductive health, and societal perceptions. Hormonal fluctuations during puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, and ...

How does yoga help in controlling epilepsy and epileptic seizures? - Epilepsy causes seizures via brain disturbances. Yoga, advocated by Dr. Ansu Sen, reduces seizure frequency by activating the vagus nerve and calming ...

Neurofeedback News

Looking at the science behind neurofeedback [The Tech Effect Ep. 14] - This week on The Tech Effect, we take a look at the wild world of brain training. From crosswords to modern headbands that can read your brain waves, there’s a lot that goes into keeping your brain ...

I Was Always Waking Up Tired. I Used Tech and Science to Sleep Better - We all need a good night's rest, but how we sleep is highly personal. I tried out a variety of tools to see what works best.

Here’s what many digital tools for chronic pain are doing wrong - To address the chronic-pain crisis, digital health technologies must break out of their silos and become integrative and holistic.

Psychological & Neurofeedback Center Utilizes Cutting-Edge Tools to Address Emotional Distress - MIAMI, FL / ACCESSWIRE / March 8, 2024 / The Psychological & Neurofeedback Center, led by experienced practitioner Yana Sorsher, MSW, announces its innovative approach to identifying and addressing ...

How to Become Younger, According to a Biohacking Expert - Dave Asprey claims he is at least 11 years younger than his calendar age. He is confident that you too can start Benjamin Button-ing it with a little biohacking .

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PubMed

A 3.5-year clinical experience with perampanel for refractory epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: Perampanel was effective as an adjunctive treatment for intractable seizures, with a responder rate of 66.7%. The long-term tolerability of perampanel was generally good. Aggressive behavior was the most common reason for perampanel discontinuation. Patients should be counseled and monitored for these adverse effects, particularly those with a history of previous psychiatric and be...

Functional Mapping of Movement and Speech Using Task-Based Electrophysiological Changes in Stereoelectroencephalography - CONCLUSION: Task based electrophysiological mapping using broadband changes in the sEEG signal reliably identifies movement and speech representation in pediatric and adult epilepsy patients.

Ectopic HCN4 Provides a Target Biomarker for the Genetic Spectrum of mTORopathies - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pathogenic variants in PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway and GATOR1 complex genes resulting in hyperactivation of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 are a major cause of drug-resistant epilepsy and focal cortical malformations (FCM). Resective neurosurgery is often required to achieve seizure control in patients with mTORopathies due to lack of effectiveness of nons...

Predictors of seizure outcomes in stereo-electroencephalography-guided radio-frequency thermocoagulation for MRI-negative epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Our findings may be applied to guide individualized surgical interventions and help clinicians make better decisions.

Long-term Prognosis of Childhood Absence Epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: CAE has a favorable prognosis with seizure control obtained in the majority of the cases and more than half of them were obtained within 6 months following the initiation of treatment. Moreover, having an absence seizure without motor components and repetitively normal post-treatment EEGs appear to be associated with a higher rate of early seizure remission.

Hypoparathyroidism Revealed by Unsuccessful Anti-epileptic Therapy - Pediatric hypoparathyroidism is an uncommon endocrine disease that can be either isolated or syndromic. It occurs when the secretion of parathormone is insufficient to maintain normal levels of ionized calcium. Patients with hypoparathyroidism can exhibit cerebral calcifications and metabolic disorders, and the severity of such features is inversely correlated with hypocalcemia. We report a cas...

Science Daily

Brain signal irregularity may provide clues to understanding epileptic process - Researchers propose a new method to differentiate signals from the epileptic focus from those recorded in other parts of the brain without the presence of an epileptic seizure. This technique may help detect epilepsy-induced features from these signals much quicker than conventional analysis techniques.

Breakthrough tech enables seizure localization in minutes - New research introduces a novel network analysis technology that uses minimally invasive resting state electrophysiological recordings to localize seizure onset brain regions and predict seizure outcomes in just 10 minutes.

Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to epilepsy in children - A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies.

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