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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 ...

Study: Epilepsy patients benefit from structured 'seizure action plans' - A new 16-week study of 204 adult epilepsy patients found that 98% of participants believe that all patients with epilepsy should have a seizure action plan (SAP), regardless of seizure status. These ...

Seizure action plans: More than management tools for epilepsy - Newswise — 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 ...

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 ...

Frequent Cannabis Use Tied to Greater Seizure Burden in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy - Frequent cannabis users with drug-resistant epilepsy have more convulsive seizures and require more antiseizure medications, but researchers caution that the findings do not establish causation.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Elite athletes enhance their performance with 'neurofeedback'—and you can get a device for $99 - When you think of the training tools that professional athletes have at their disposal, high-tech sports equipment and state-of-the-art athletic facilities come to mind. But training for peak ...

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 ...

Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation in pediatric epileptic syndromes: mechanisms, limitations, and future research horizons - INTRODUCTION: Drug-resistant epilepsy affects approximately 20 to 30% of children with epilepsy, with particularly devastating outcomes in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs). Cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (c-tDCS) has emerged as a promising noninvasive neuromodulation approach warranting systematic evaluation.

Cervical Sympathetic Blockade for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Associated With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Report and Neurobiological Framework - Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), also termed functional seizures, are episodes that resemble epileptic seizures but occur without the abnormal ictal electrical activity characteristic of epilepsy. PNES is frequently associated with trauma exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and abnormalities in autonomic regulation. Emerging evidence suggests that altered interactions amon...

Neurosurgical Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery Between 2017 and 2025: A Retrospective ESSQ-19 Study From a Tertiary Care Center - Introduction Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder. Despite being on anti-epileptic drug therapy, a subset of patients continue to experience seizures. In such patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery remains a viable treatment option. Patient-reported satisfaction provides an important perspective on post-epilepsy surgery outcomes. This study aimed to descriptively assess postoperat...

Association of depression and epilepsy in rural northern Rwanda: a prospective longitudinal study with a patient-centered approach - CONCLUSIONS: Kinyarwanda PHQ-9 and HDRS versions were successfully deployed for screening and diagnosing depression symptoms in PwE in rural settings. Treatment of epilepsy and co-morbid depression improved clinical outcomes. Implementation of depression screening in routine health practice in Rwanda is warranted.

Prevalence and potential risk factors associated with idiopathic epilepsy in Golden Retrievers - CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Golden retrievers have an increased risk of IE, often presenting with cluster seizures. The association between IE and gastrointestinal disease might lead to new therapeutic strategies, but further investigations are needed.

Efficacy of Levetiracetam Combined with Sodium Valproate (Oral) in the Treatment of Senile Epilepsy and Its Effects on Cognitive Function, Inflammatory Factors and Neurotransmitters - CONCLUSION: Levetiracetam combined with sodium valproate demonstrated superior comprehensive efficacy in the treatment of senile epilepsy. This regimen effectively improved seizure control, cognitive function, inflammatory status, and neurotransmitter balance, supporting its value as a reliable therapeutic option for elderly patients with epilepsy under routine clinical conditions and standardi...

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.