Epilepsy News

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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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? - Whenever I mention that neurofeedback helped me regain my life after my multiple brain injuries — or that I’m now a neurofeedback provider — the first reaction is to ask me, what is neurofeedback? I’m ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism in chronic epilepsy: a call to action! - Despite the use of appropriately selected antiseizure medications (ASMs), seizure freedom remains elusive for some patients at each treatment line, and those failing two ASMs are then classified with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Living with long-term uncontrolled epilepsy can lead to discouragement and disillusionment for both people with epilepsy and clinicians. In the context of potential t...

Childhood Ayme-Gripp syndrome: A case report - Ayme-Gripp syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma gene. This report presents a detailed case of a 12-year-old boy with Ayme-Gripp syndrome who was found to carry a pathogenic c.176C>A (p.Pro59His) variant in the musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma gene. His clinical phenotype included the most severe short stature documented to date as well as...

First corpus callosotomy for medically refractory epilepsy in The Gambia: an international cooperation case report and historical review - CONCLUSIONS: This case highlights the feasibility and therapeutic potential of epilepsy surgery in the context of a surgical program within a resource-limited setting. Scaling up access to epilepsy surgery in comparable environments could contribute to mitigating the global epilepsy treatment gap.

Drug-Resistant Psychosis in a Tuberous Sclerosis Patient Treated With Electroconvulsive Therapy - Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) leads to the development of severe neuropsychiatric disorders (TAND), which do not respond to treatment (1). This paper focuses on a 17-year-old male with TSC and uncontrolled epilepsy, which started when he was 1 year old. The surgical removal of his left frontal tuber successfully stopped his seizures (2). Afterwards, his psychiatric condition deteriorated int...

Retrospective characterization of idiopathic epilepsy in a referral population of Golden retrievers - The current study aimed at characterizing idiopathic epilepsy in a referral population of Golden Retrievers regarding signalment, seizure frequency, post-ictal signs, treatment response, survival time, and cause of death retrospectively. Data was extracted from medical records from two Scandinavian veterinary referral hospitals. Median survival time was calculated for the overall group and for ...

A spectral- topological network signature of drug-resistant epilepsy: a phase 1-2 study on resting-state EEG-based diagnostic biomarkers of drug resistance - CONCLUSIONS: We revealed convergent spectral and network-level alterations that delineate an intrinsic network signature highly associated with DRE.

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.