Epilepsy News

Teacher with Epilepsy from Viral Seizure Video Shares Advice for Others Navigating Chronic Illness at Work (Exclusive) - For Yareli Jessica Gijon, one of the biggest lessons she's learned while living with epilepsy is that asking for help is not a weakness. The 33-year-old California teacher, who recently went viral ...

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 ...

What to know about epilepsy and providing first aid during a seizure - Epilepsy is a common neurological condition which leads to seizures. It affects millions of people in the United States and tens of millions worldwide. It's important to know what epilepsy is, how to ...

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 ...

EMDR and Neurofeedback Helped Me Become a Better Founder - After that session, my confidence hit a low; I wondered if my company would be better off without me. My team didn’t realize that besides managing the major growth of the company, over the last eight ...

Study clarifies the benefits of neurofeedback for children with ADHD - The findings are based on the International ADHD Neurofeedback (ICAN) study, which began recruiting in 2014 at two sites. A sample of 142 children aged between 7 - 10 years of age, with ADHD and high ...

In HelloNation, Nervous System Health Expert Dr. Mikala Reznik, PT, DPT, ICP, CRNC Explains Microcurrent Neurofeedback for Focus - Can microcurrent neurofeedback help adults improve focus? A HelloNation article explains how this non-invasive therapy works and what people considering it should expect.

What Is Neurofeedback Therapy And How Does It Work? - Ashwini Nadkarni, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Interim Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women ...

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Full recovery after severe bacterial encephalitis and brain abscess following deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's disease - Encephalitis and cerebral abscesses are rare, serious complications of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. We report on two patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) who developed a critical condition with focal neurological symptoms and decreased consciousness, after an initially uncomplicated subthalamic nucleus DBS implantation. Because of the clinical and radiological suspicion of encephalit...

Long-term neuropsychiatric outcomes after neuromodulation in epilepsy patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis - CONCLUSIONS: Neuromodulation for drug-resistant epilepsy is associated with modest improvements in depression and quality of life without meaningful cognitive deterioration over follow-up durations of 6 months to 14 years. VNS demonstrated the most robust antidepressant signal, likely reflecting its established effects on monoaminergic brainstem circuits. Clinicians should monitor neuropsychiat...

Continuing Ketogenic Diet Therapy in Setting of Hypercalcemia - ObjectiveHypercalcemia is an uncommon, serious adverse effect of ketogenic diet therapy (KDT). This case highlights the management of hypercalcemia without discontinuing KDT.MethodsOur case study involves a retrospective chart analysis of one patient who developed hypercalcemia during KDT for seizure management.ResultsA 16-year-old male patient with cerebral palsy and intractable epilepsy acute...

Does age influence diagnostic outcomes in an adult cohort referred to a first-seizure clinic? - OBJECTIVE: The aging Danish population is associated with increasing morbidity and healthcare utilization. This study examines age-related differences in resource utilization and diagnostic outcomes between older (65-95 years) and younger adults (18-64 years) evaluated for suspected epilepsy, including clinical management, diagnostic yield, and final diagnoses.

Electroclinical features and dynamic network connectivity of orbitofrontal epilepsy - OBJECTIVE: Orbitofrontal epilepsy (OFE) is rare and underrecognized. This study aims to characterize electroclinical features and dynamic network connectivity of OFE and subtypes.

Role of Succinate Accumulation in Prolonged Febrile Seizure-Induced Neuronal Injury and Epileptic Seizures in Sprague-Dawley Rats - CONCLUSIONS: Increased succinate levels promote prolonged FS-induced oxidative stress injury and epileptogenesis. Reducing succinate accumulation may be a potential method for prolonged FS treatment. Moreover, elevated succinate levels may result from the reverse catalysis of SDH-targeting fumarate, which was produced from PNC and MAS.

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.