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Why treating epilepsy isn't just about stopping seizures - Epilepsy was viewed for a long time as a disorder of sudden electrical disruption, but we now know the story is more complex ...

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 ...

Major shortage of vital epilepsy drug taken by thousands – as man dies after being left without medication - HUNDREDS of thousands of Brits could be left without a life-saving epilepsy drug as the NHS faces a shortage of vital seizure medication. The shortage comes as a coroner blamed a shortage of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Can Monitoring Brain Waves Boost Mental Health? - Neurofeedback has promised a mental health revolution for decades. But is it effective? Credit...Tony Luong for The New York Times Supported by By David Dodge Twice a week, Stephanie, a 37-year-old ...

Understanding The Role Of Neurofeedback Technology In Addressing ADHD - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent challenge in today's educational and professional landscapes. Most of us are familiar with ADHD, either ...

Neurofeedback is the newest mental health hack among entrepreneurs. Here’s why - Running a business can be an exhilarating and rewarding journey, but it can also bring a unique set of stressors. While the beginning stages of a business can be exciting and feel full of ...

Late-Onset Seizures: Etiology and Demographics in US Tertiary Care Epilepsy Centers - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Adults older than age 55 years have the highest incidence rate and are the fastest-growing population among people with epilepsy. The aim of this study was to characterize the etiologies of new-onset seizures in older adults and to examine how seizure etiology varies across demographic groups. We used data from 7 US epilepsy centers from 2021 to 2025 and compared find...

WONOEP XVII appraisal: The role of the extracellular matrix in epilepsy - The extracellular matrix (ECM) is composed of proteoglycans and glycoproteins that regulate the external environment surrounding neurons, glia, and the vascular system. The ECM is vital for maintaining the structure and function of the brain and also acts as a reservoir for various signaling molecules and neurotransmitters, modulating synaptic transmission and plasticity. Recent research highli...

Management of ring chromosome 20 syndrome: Narrative review and consensus recommendations - Ring chromosome 20 (ring 20) is a rare genetic condition usually presenting as developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. The disease is caused by fusion of the long and short arms of chromosome 20. Patients are symptomatic even if there is no loss of genetic material. Epilepsy in ring 20 is usually drug-resistant, with seizures often significantly debilitating and severely impacting quality o...

Folic acid supplementation and prevention of adverse offspring outcomes among women with epilepsy: An observational study - OBJECTIVE: Folic acid (FA) is essential for fetal development, while the benefits and optimal dose in pregnant women with epilepsy (PWWE) remain unclear. This study explores effects of FA supplementation, dose, and initiation time on offspring outcomes in PWWE.

Increased interval between seizure clusters across time in pediatric patients treated with the immediate-use seizure medication diazepam nasal spray - OBJECTIVE: Seizure clusters, intermittent increases in seizure activity that differ from a patient's usual seizure pattern, may occur despite treatment with a daily anti-seizure medication. Benzodiazepine-containing immediate-use seizure medications (ISMs; also called rescue therapies) are the cornerstone of treatment for seizure clusters. Diazepam nasal spray is approved by the U.S. Food and D...

Fully Automated EEG Source Imaging Using Structured Sparsity for Single and Multiple Synchronous Epileptic Activities - Accurate localization of epileptic zones from high-resolution electroencephalography (HR-EEG) data can be challenging, especially when multiple synchronous zones are involved, and is highly dependent on the chosen EEG Source Imaging (ESI) method. Since a given scalp-level electrical pattern can result from multiple source configurations, ESI methods address this ill-posed inverse problem by imp...

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.