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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Using Seizure-Risk Forecasts to ID Best Time for Epilepsy Monitoring - NASHVILLE, Tennessee ― Scheduling video-electroencephalography (vEEG) monitoring on the basis of personalized seizure risk forecasts may improve diagnostic accuracy, emerging research suggests. In a ...

Seizure or epilepsy? Understanding the critical difference could save lives - A sudden episode of shaking, confusion, or loss of awareness can be frightening - but does it mean epilepsy? Understanding the difference between a seizure and epilepsy is crucial for timely treatment ...

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 - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests that the memory-forming stage of sleep could be key for understanding epileptic seizures. . | Credit: ...

Does Levetiracetam Improve Seizure Outcomes in Pediatric Epilepsy? - Although levetiracetam was associated with improved seizure outcomes compared with placebo in pediatric epilepsy, it did not demonstrate superior efficacy when compared with established active ...

What Is Neurofeedback Therapy? - Neurofeedback is a noninvasive form of therapy that trains the brain to improve various neurological issues, including chronic pain, ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Using EEG to monitor real-time ...

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 ...

What Does a Neurofeedback Technician Do? - Neurofeedback is about helping a client's brain learn to self-regulate by showing it its own EEG activity on a screen or through headphones. It is like going to the gym for your brain. It is not 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 ...

A systematic review on mental health issues in adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy - OBJECTIVE: Mental health conditions often co-occur with epilepsy, causing burden and stress beyond seizures. Some of these conditions can emerge early and even predate the onset of seizure and/or epilepsy diagnosis. This systematic review synthesizes evidence on mental health outcomes in adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy (NDE).

Distinct clinical phenotypes of late onset and early onset epilepsies - OBJECTIVE: Despite representing the most common and fastest growing form of epilepsy in older adults, the clinical features of late onset epilepsy (LOE) and how it differs from early onset epilepsy (EOE) remain largely underexplored. Therefore, we evaluate the characteristics and risk factors of LOE compared to EOE.

Intranasal midazolam vs mouth-dissolving clobazam in terminating seizures: A randomized controlled trial - OBJECTIVE: Acute seizure crises, such as prolonged seizures and impending status epilepticus, need prompt out-of-hospital treatment with benzodiazepines. However, efficacious and easily administered rescue medications are grossly underutilized and form an unmet need in management paradigms. The aim of the current study was to compare the efficacy of mouth-dissolving clobazam with intranasal mid...

Cognitive Side Effects of Antiseizure Medications in Adults with Epilepsy: An Update with a Focus on New Therapeutic Agents - Antiseizure medications (ASMs) are the mainstay of epilepsy treatment but may adversely affect cognitive functions, deepening the cognitive and psychosocial burden intrinsic to epilepsy. Cognitive side effects vary widely across drug classes, doses, treatment regimens, and individual susceptibility, typically affecting attention, processing speed, memory, language, and executive function. This ...

Associations of Acute Seizure Patterns With Functional Outcomes, Mortality, and Remote Seizures After Pediatric Ischemic Stroke - CONCLUSIONS: Acute status epilepticus and multiple seizures were associated with poorer recovery and higher risk of poststroke epilepsy, supporting risk stratification and targeted follow-up.

Epilepsy surgery through a reproductive lifespan lens - No abstract

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.