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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Teacher Who Was Filmed Having a Seizure During Class Shares How She Navigates Epilepsy as an Educator (Exclusive) - Yareli Jessica Gijon experienced her first seizure at age 12 and was later diagnosed with epilepsy after years of uncertainty She has learned to manage her condition while teaching by recognizing ...

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 ...

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 ...

In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures - Sleep could encode epileptic seizures in the brain by repurposing the processes used to solidify memories, potentially making seizures harder to treat or prevent, new research suggests. But the new ...

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 ...

Nervous system reset vacations promise calm with nerve toning, massages, and neurofeedback therapy - In a post-pandemic world filled with war, a contentious political climate and social media doomscrolling, it’s safe to say that nerves are collectively shot. You could throw away your phone and hide.

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 ...

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 ...

Gene-specific long-term course, neurodevelopmental outcome and quality of life in patients with LIS1/PAFAH1B1-, DCX-, DYNC1H1-, TUBA1A- and TUBG1-related lissencephaly - CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirms the severely impaired developmental potential and frequent neurological and medical complications in lissencephaly patients from an early age. The psychomotor prognosis in LIS1/PAFAH1B1-related lissencephaly is significantly worse compared to DCX-related lissencephaly. Supportive therapies are used intensively and are considered to be very effective. The disease ...

Epilepsy in refugee camps in Algeria: clinical characteristics, treatment gaps, and environmental challenges in a low-resource setting - OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric epilepsy in Sahrawi refugee camps and to explore treatment gaps and perceived environmental influences in a low-resource desert setting.

A wireless and contactless radio frequency sensor to detect bilateral tonic-clonic seizures and respiratory changes in the epilepsy monitoring unit: a phase 0/1 study - A novel wireless motion-detection device (WMDD) utilizes a low radio frequency (RF) emission/sensing system to isolate a patient's movement with high sensitivity and spatial resolution. The device was evaluated for detecting focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures (FBTCS) and respiratory changes. A prospective study of patients ≥18 years old admitted to a tertiary care epilepsy monitoring unit...

White Matter Microstructural Abnormalities in Neonatal Onset Genetic Epilepsy - OBJECTIVE: Recent evidence indicates that epilepsy is associated with abnormal white matter. If seizures alter white matter, then the impact upon network function, epileptogenesis, and cognition could be pronounced in neonates undergoing rapid developmental myelination. Neonates with epilepsy due to nonstructural genetic causes provide a unique opportunity to determine whether neonates experien...

No link between piriform cortex subregion resection and seizure freedom in two cohorts with temporal lobe epilepsy - CONCLUSION: No association between ILAE outcome and the resected proportion of specific mesiotemporal structures was detected. This result was robust across cohorts, piriform cortex definitions and analytical approaches. These results differ from previous reports and suggest that piriform cortex resection should be considered on an individualized basis rather than routinely incorporated into te...

Evaluating large language models for diagnostic reasoning from unstructured clinical narratives in epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: Overall, SemioLLM provides a scalable, domain-adaptable framework for evaluating LLMs in clinical disciplines where unstructured verbal descriptions encode diagnostic information. By identifying both the strengths and limitations of LLMs, our work contributes to testing the applicability of foundational AI systems for healthcare.

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.