Epilepsy News

What to know about epilepsy and seizure first aid - November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many people may already be aware of the condition from its prevalence in medical dramas, but that portrayal is often exaggerated and does not fully encapsulate ...

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 ...

EPILEPSY AWARENESS: Local neurologist explains condition & seizure first aid - COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Local experts say epilepsy is not a condition to be afraid of. Piedmont Columbus Regional pediatric neurologist Pierre Fequiere treats patients with epilepsy every day and knows ...

New brain training study could help explain the placebo effect - Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines—and people can be trained to do it themselves using the power of brain scans and positive thinking, ...

What is neurofeedback? Video game-like therapy being used to treat anxiety, ADHD and more - It’s like a gym for your brain. As issues like anxiety, depression and restless sleep have spiked during the pandemic, some people are turning to neurofeedback, a kind of gym for the brain. It’s a ...

Expecting Good Things Can Supercharge Your Immune System - In a first-of-its-kind human trial, researchers have demonstrated that consciously activating the brain’s reward system (when you’re anticipating something good happening) can significantly increase ...

Neurofeedback is the newest mental health hack among entrepreneurs. Here’s why - Running a business can be an exhilarating and rewarding journey, but it can also bring a unique set of stressors. While the beginning stages of a business can be exciting and feel full of ...

Understanding The Role Of Neurofeedback Technology In Addressing ADHD - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent challenge in today's educational and professional landscapes. Most of us are familiar with ADHD, either ...

Hemiconvulsion-Hemiplegia-Epilepsy Syndrome Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection and a Heterozygous IRF3 Variant in a 10-Month-Old Girl: A Case Report - Hemiconvulsion-Hemiplegia-Epilepsy (HHE) syndrome is a rare pediatric epilepsy syndrome characterized by prolonged focal febrile seizures, postictal hemiparesis, and progressive unilateral brain injury, often followed by chronic epilepsy. We report a previously healthy 10-month-old girl who presented with a prolonged left-sided focal fever-associated seizure. She tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 ...

Quality of life in Epilepsy: a comparison between pediatric and adult onset - Epilepsy can affect people at any age and is known to impact quality of life (QOL). However, variations in QOL across age groups have not been investigated. The purpose of this study is to investigate the contrast between pediatric-onset and adult-onset epilepsy. The Mayo Clinic Arizona database of 568 epilepsy patients admitted to the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit who underwent neuropsychological t...

Are symptoms clustered into latent classes in pediatric functional neurological disorder? - CONCLUSION: Our latent class analysis of symptom profiles suggests that the Australian pediatric FND cohort is best explained by a two-class model, in which the two classes have a substantial overlap and can produce the same set of symptoms.

Status epilepticus in scrub typhus versus tuberculous meningitis: A comparative study - CONCLUSIONS: SE in TBM is more refractory and associated with higher mortality and disability than in ST. ASM may be safely withdrawn early in ST-SE, whereas TBM-SE requires prolonged treatment.

A systematic review of highly purified cannabidiol in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies and complex treatment-resistant epilepsies: Changes in seizure frequency and adverse events - CONCLUSION: CBD may reduce seizure frequency in patients with a range of DEEs and complex TREs. These findings support future studies in these populations.

Toward needle-free lamotrigine monitoring: Proof-of-concept for saliva and dried saliva spot analysis by LC-MS/MS - a short communication - Recent advancements in micro-sampling methods provide non-invasive options for collecting biological samples used in therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). Lately, alternative matrices such as capillary blood and saliva/oral fluid in the form of dried saliva spots, have attracted considerable interest. These matrices represent a promising approach for TDM, as they could improve accessibility while ...

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.