Epilepsy News

Experts warn TikTok epilepsy care videos can be misleading - Fake clickbait TikTok videos about epilepsy treatments are receiving more views than accurate, evidence-based offerings, a new study says.

Want Good Info on Epilepsy Treatment? Don't Ask Dr. TikTok - "These findings are a reminder that people with epilepsy are searching for answers in online spaces every day," said Douglas Nordli III, MD, of the University of Chicago, a co-author of the TikTok ...

Durham family, desperate to help 3-year-old with severe epilepsy, fundraising for seizure alert dog - Doctors diagnosed Finley with epilepsy. No one else in the Mullen family has the seizure disorder, and Ashley and Will worked to learn as much as possible about it and document Finley’s ...

Epilepsy awareness in the workplace: training and safety tips - More than 35,000 Long Islanders live with epilepsy. Experts urge businesses to provide seizure training, safety plans, and awareness to protect employees and customers.

GLP-1s Linked to Better Seizure Control in Epilepsy - GLP-1s are linked to lower seizure recurrence, hospitalization, and mortality risk than other glucose-lowering drugs in adults with epilepsy, new research shows.

Promising Long-Term Results for Novel Antiseizure Medication for Resistant Epilepsy - A novel Kv7 potassium channel opener, may offer a unique treatment option for patients with resistant focal onset seizures.

First seizure clinic speeds time to diagnosis with pediatric epilepsy - Children referred to a first seizure clinic (FSC) see a neurologist epilepsy specialist within one week, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, held ...

Unified EEG imaging improves mapping for epilepsy surgery - A new advance from Carnegie Mellon University researchers could reshape how clinicians identify the brain regions responsible for drug-resistant epilepsy. Surgery can be a life-changing option for ...

Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy: Intracranial Versus Extracranial Approaches Compared - But long-term mortality -- which her group considered a proxy for seizure control -- became substantially worse for patients treated with VNS compared with the intracranial implants, starting at about ...

Teen seizure-free after two brain surgeries, returns to cheer team - Kaylee Hill, diagnosed with epilepsy before high school, is now seizure-free after advanced mapping technology guided two successful surgeries.

Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his hand, the kind you could use to tote a dirty bomb. Once inside my living room, he cracked open the case and removed a laptop, a ...

Mindmachines.com Unveils Advanced RoshiWave Mind Machine for Enhanced Mental Wellness Through Neurofeedback Technology - Mindmachines.com has introduced the third generation of its RoshiWave IN-SIGHT Mind Machine, a mental wellness device that employs Dynamic Neuro-Activation technology to help users achieve meditative ...

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 as a Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease - April was Parkinson’s Awareness Month, which prompted me to share this story and an effective, yet little-known treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Parkinson’s disease is a form of brain disorder, ...

Neurofeedback for Anxiety - Chronic anxiety is the long-term negative psychological experience to environmental stressors, characterized by prolonged and inappropriately excessive worrying, fatigue, restlessness, concertation, ...

International evaluation of the SEIZUre Risk in Encephalitis (SEIZURE) score for predicting acute seizure risk - CONCLUSIONS: The SEIZURE score performed best in several countries in Western Europe but performed poorly elsewhere, partly due to differing and unknown aetiologies. In most regions, the score did not reach a threshold to be clinically useful. The Western European results could aid in designing clinical trials assessing primary anti-seizure prophylaxis in encephalitis following further prospect...

Anesthetic Management Using Remimazolam for Dental Treatment in a Pediatric Patient With Dravet Syndrome - Dravet syndrome (DS) is a rare, severe form of epilepsy characterized by seizures often triggered by fevers and other nonfebrile increases in body temperature. We report the case of a girl aged 3 years 5 months who underwent an intubated general anesthetic for dental treatment using remimazolam (RMZ). After a slow mask induction with sevoflurane, RMZ, remifentanil, and rocuronium were administe...

Mapping epileptogenic brain using a unified spatial-temporal-spectral source imaging framework - Noninvasive electrophysiological source imaging (ESI) is a valuable tool for localizing and imaging brain activity, with significant potential to aid presurgical planning in focal drug-resistant epilepsy (fDRE) patients. Scalp electroencephalography (EEG) biomarkers, including interictal spikes, high-frequency oscillations (HFOs), and seizures, each offer unique capabilities in estimating the e...

Fourth ventricular hamartoma presenting with epileptic spasms: case-based review and surgical considerations - CONCLUSION: Early recognition of FVRHs as potential epileptogenic foci and timely surgical intervention can lead to seizure freedom and favorable neurodevelopmental outcomes. This case reinforces the role of cerebellar lesions in pediatric epilepsy and supports aggressive surgical management when feasible.

Metformin Alleviates Cognitive Impairment in Chronic-Phase Epileptic Rats by Modulating the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB Pathway and Gut Flora Composition - Epilepsy (EP) is characterized by recurring spontaneous seizures, often leading to long-standing cognitive impairment, significantly impacting the quality of life. Due to the unknown pathogenic pathways, developing effective treatments for epilepsy-associated cognitive impairment has been challenging. Metformin, a first-line oral antidiabetic drug, has proven effective in various EP models. Rec...

Meta-analysis of genetic mapping studies in mice reveals candidate epilepsy modifier genes that are outside the current drug development landscape - OBJECTIVE: Despite decades of development in anti-seizure medications, ~30% of individuals remain refractory to all treatments, and none of the existing therapies are disease modifying. Identifying targets outside the current preclinical paradigm is critically important. This study aimed to characterize the landscape of current epilepsy treatments at the level of gene interaction networks and i...

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.