Epilepsy News

Smartwatch seizure detection app may help reduce epilepsy-related deaths - In people with epilepsy, a new study has found a smartwatch application accurately detected tonic-clonic seizures, seizures with major convulsions, with a low rate of false alarms.

Smartwatch seizure app spots 98% of tonic-clonic seizures, cuts false alarms - In people with epilepsy, a new study has found a smartwatch application accurately detected tonic-clonic seizures, seizures with major convulsions, with a low rate of false alarms. The study was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Teen with Epilepsy Dies After Seizure Leads to Cardiac Arrest: ‘There Was No Warning’ - Ellen May Hardwick, 18, went into cardiac arrest following a seizure that occurred with "no warning." Her family is now raising awareness of SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy).

Understanding epilepsy: Seven ways to respond to an epileptic seizure - At the forefront of epilepsy research and treatment is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, a collaborative initiative between the UAB Department of Neurology and UAB Hospital, ...

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 ...

Teacher with Epilepsy from Viral Seizure Video Shares Advice for Others Navigating Chronic Illness at Work (Exclusive) - A viral TikTok video of Yareli Jessica Gijon experiencing seizure symptoms in class sparked conversations about epilepsy awareness ...

Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his ...

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 ...

Neurofeedback Gains Popularity and Lab Attention - You sit in a chair, facing a computer screen, while a clinician sticks electrodes to your scalp with a viscous goop that takes days to wash out of your hair. Wires from the sensors connect to a ...

Neurofeedback for ADHD: Significant, Lasting Improvement - Computer-based neurofeedback can produce significant and lasting improvement in attention and focus in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD ...

Neurofeedback gets you back in the zone - Researchers have shown -- for the first time -- that they can use online neurofeedback to modify an individual's arousal state to improve performance in a demanding sensory motor task, such as flying ...

L-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria Due to the Homozygous Variant c.905C>T in L2HGDH Without Cognitive Deficits or Gait Disturbance: A Case Report - L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (L2HGA) is a rare, slowly progressive, autosomal recessive neurometabolic disorder caused by mutations in the L2HGDH gene and characterized by psychomotor developmental delay, cognitive impairment, epilepsy, dystonia, cerebellar ataxia, tremor, dysarthria, pyramidal signs, macrocephaly, leukoencephalopathy, and elevated L-2-hydroxyglutaric acid levels. To date, no c...

Anti-Seizure Medications Alter Functional and Effective Connectivity as Measured With Intracranial Electroencephalography - CONCLUSIONS: Overall, we found that ASMs altered the effective connectivity within the seizure network more than within non-involved regions, whereas functional connectivity was altered more often within non-involved regions. This study is the first study revealing with high spatiotemporal resolution that ASMs can alter brain effective and functional connectivity in multiple different ways.

Thalamic Volume Asymmetry as a Potential Predictor of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Outcomes in Refractory Epilepsy - Vagus nerve stimulation is an established treatment for refractory epilepsy, but predictors of treatment response remain unclear. Given that left-sided vagus nerve stimulation preferentially modulates the left thalamus and that epileptic networks induce thalamic structural damage, we investigated whether preoperative thalamic volume asymmetry predicts vagus nerve stimulation outcomes. This retr...

Cenobamate: a new drug that may change the concept of drug-resistant focal epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Considering the response rates obtained, cenobamate may change the concept of drug-resistant epilepsy. Failure of any 2 drugs will no longer be sufficient to define this condition; rather, it will require failure of the most efficacious drug.

Methodological Quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Simple Febrile Seizures in Children: A Systematic Review Using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II... - CONCLUSIONS: Substantial variability exists in the quality of FS CPGs. Enhancing guideline development with robust methodologies, improved implementation strategies, and greater transparency is essential to strengthen clinical utility and promote consistent, evidence-based practice.

A splice-altering intronic variant in two multiplex families refines autosomal recessive COG4-related congenital disorder of glycosylation - Autosomal recessive COG4-related congenital disorder of glycosylation [COG4-CDG(ar)] is caused by biallelic deleterious variants in COG4, which encodes a component of the conserved oligomeric Golgi complex lobe A. COG4-CDG(ar) has been described in six individuals to date, and its clinical manifestations and disease mechanisms remain poorly understood. Exome sequencing identified the homozygous...

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.