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Study finds epilepsy patients who use cannabis may increase seizures - The research team examined 64 adults with drug-resistant epilepsy. The post Study finds epilepsy patients who use cannabis may increase seizures appeared first on Talker.

Frequent cannabis use linked to worse epilepsy - Near-daily cannabis users with drug-resistant epilepsy had over twice as many convulsive seizures as nonusers, researchers report.

Frequent cannabis use tied to more severe epilepsy - Adults with hard-to-treat epilepsy who used cannabis most days had more than twice as many convulsive seizures per year and became resistant to antiseizure medications more quickly than nonusers, ...

Seizure Burden in Resistant Epilepsy May Ease With the Tincture of Time - Nearly 70% of patients with focal treatment-resistant epilepsy (FTRE) experience fewer seizures over time, new results of a multicenter study showed. However, the improvements occurred independent of ...

Development and psychometric validation of a screening tool of psychosocial risk factors in patients with epilepsy: the ARisE study protocol - Introduction Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological chronic diseases worldwide. While medications can control seizures, about one-third of people with epilepsy have drug-resistant epilepsy ...

Seizure action plans: Management and educational tools in epilepsy care - Historically, seizure action plans have focused on certain high-risk groups—such as people with drug-resistant epilepsy and people with a history of status epilepticus or seizure clusters. Neurology ...

Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy symptoms improved with antiseizure medication - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monthly seizure frequency percentage reduction was 68.73% for the entire study cohort. For those followed up in ...

First seizure clinic provides visit, pediatric epilepsy diagnosis in less than a week - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model expedites access to specialists after a first seizure. The mean time between the referral and the ...

Every seizure can look and feel very different: NMU holds presentation on epilepsy and seizure training - The presentation hopes to clear up misconceptions regarding epilepsy and seizures as well as how to help those in need.

Can Neurofeedback Effectively Treat ADHD? - Neurofeedback training is an alternative therapy that uses real-time EEG data to help patients train their brains to improve focus, impulse control, and executive function. Since the 1970s, patients ...

What Is Neurofeedback Therapy? - Neurofeedback is a noninvasive form of therapy that trains the brain to improve various neurological issues, including chronic pain, ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Using EEG to monitor real-time ...

Camelback Recovery Launches Neurofeedback Therapy at Its Phoenix Treatment Center - Camelback Recovery has launched neurofeedback therapy at its Phoenix treatment center, expanding the care options available within its mental health and addiction programs. Phoenix, Arizona--(Newsfile ...

A Brain Changer for ADHDers? Neurofeedback’s Effect on Brain Waves - Neurofeedback has long been touted as a non-medical, non-invasive treatment for ADHD, but many experts remain skeptical. Unlike medication, neurofeedback hasn’t been tested in many well-designed, ...

Novel neurofeedback technique enhances awareness of mind-wandering - Everyone knows the feeling. You are trying to concentrate on driving or studying, or paying attention in a boring meeting, but suddenly, you realize that you are thinking about something irrelevant to ...

Breath Signatures of Antiseizure Medication Response and Tolerability in Adults With Epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Breath metabolomics supports a non-invasive approach to pharmacodynamic phenotyping that captures treatment-related metabolic states not reflected by serum drug concentrations.

Under the spell of valproic acid - This case describes a serious but rare adverse effect of the antiepileptic drug valproicacid (valproate-induced encephalopathy) in a 65-year-old man. The patient was started on valproic acid on questionable grounds due to a suspected single seizure. He remained on the medication for 10 years before progressively worsening Parkinsonian symptoms were attributed to side effects of the drug. The me...

Continuous Versus Routine EEG in Critically Ill Patients Without Primary Neurologic Condition: Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial - CONCLUSION: In critically ill adults without a primary neurologic condition, cEEG was not associated with measurable benefits in survival, neurological recovery, or epileptiform activity detection compared with repeated rEEG, in a cohort without detected electrographic seizures or status epilepticus. Pending larger, ideally prospective comparative studies, repeated routine EEG may represent a r...

Associations of SLCO gene polymorphisms with perampanel response and plasma concentrations in patients: a longitudinal retrospective real-world study in refractory epilepsy - CONCLUSION: SLCO gene polymorphisms were shown to be important predictors of effective seizure control related to PER treatment and were identified as factors affecting plasma concentrations of PER. The findings on SLCO genotypes and PER plasma concentration monitoring provide a promising treatment strategy for Chinese patients with RE.

Cannabidiol in small animal practice: current evidence, clinical applications and practical recommendations for dogs and cats - Cannabidiol has gained increasing attention in small animal practice as a potential adjunctive therapy for a variety of conditions, including osteoarthritis, epilepsy and anxiety-related disorders. This mini-review summarises current clinical evidence in dogs and cats, highlights key limitations and provides practical recommendations for clinicians. Recent studies suggest that cannabidiol may i...

Seizure control and foetal malformation in primiparous women with Epilepsy: statistical analysis of data from a prospective observational study - PURPOSE: To evaluate seizure control and foetal malformation in the first pregnancy of women with epilepsy through the analysis of the Australian Pregnancy Register database focusing of women with epilepsy intending or beginning their first pregnancy. This was achieved through a statistical analysis of existing data.

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.