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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 ...

Seizure or epilepsy? Understanding the critical difference could save lives - A seizure is a sudden electrical disturbance in the brain that may occur due to triggers like fever or injury and can be a one-time event. Epilepsy is a chronic condition involving recurrent, ...

Pediatrics in Brevard: Here's what to know about epilepsy, what to do if someone has seizure - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why Early Detection of Seizures and Epilepsy Is so Important - For parents, a child having a seizure is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. While many childhood seizures are brief and isolated, others are more serious and persistent. To make 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, ...

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 ...

New tools map seizures in the brain, improve epilepsy treatment - Two new models could solve a problem that's long frustrated millions of people with epilepsy and the doctors who treat them: how to find precisely where seizures originate to treat exactly that part ...

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 ...

Excellent Brain Ltd. Launches New Android Version for Neurofeedback for ADHD Platform - Excellent Brain Ltd., a pioneering Israeli start-up in the field of neurofeedback solutions, is proud to announce the launch of its new Android version for the Neurofeedback for ADHD platform. This ...

Neurofeedback game helps patients with MS manage fatigue - A compassionate neurofeedback game that can identify fatigue aims to help patients with MS, according to a poster presented at Cedars-Sinai’s eighth annual iteration of its Virtual Medicine Conference ...

What is neurofeedback? Video game-like therapy being used to treat anxiety, ADHD and more - It’s like a gym for your brain. As issues like anxiety, depression and restless sleep have spiked during the pandemic, some people are turning to neurofeedback, a kind of gym for the brain. It’s a ...

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 ...

Disorders of Arousal and Sleep-Related Hypermotor Epilepsy in adults: a challenging but necessary and critical distinctive diagnosis - BACKGROUND: Sleep-related Hypermotor Epilepsy (SHE) and Disorders of Arousal (DoA) are two conditions that, despite originating from distinct etiological mechanisms, share the manifestation of complex motor behaviours emerging from sleep. Their overlapping clinical features have long posed challenges for differential diagnosis, particularly in adults.

Systemic Immune Dysregulation and Neutrophil Activation Define Prognostic Inflammatory Signatures in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy - Systemic inflammation is now recognized as a key contributor to epilepsy pathophysiology, yet the role of innate immune cells, particularly neutrophils, remains poorly defined in epilepsy. While preclinical studies in rodent models have implicated neutrophils in seizure activity, their phenotype in human epilepsy has not been thoroughly investigated. In this study, we aimed to characterize syst...

The small molecule simufilam dose-dependently attenuates the worsening of seizures in a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis complex - OBJECTIVE: Novel epilepsy treatments for patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCDII) are urgently needed. In these patients, mutations in the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway genes lead to mTOR hyperactivity and focal cortical malformations that frequently cause intractable epilepsy and neurological sequelae. Recent evidence suggests...

Death in Epilepsy: Ictogenic Vs. Cardiogenic Mechanisms and Immunoassays in Postmortem Interval Estimation - Case Report - CONCLUSIONS: This case highlights the important role played by medico-legal autopsy in death investigation in epilepsy. If for legal purpose causality is required, causes of death and conditioning factors are to be extensively investigated and connected. ELISA delivered benchmarks references at 36.8-hour postmortem interval and provided to be a valuable immunoassay method in estimation of postm...

Epilepsy: Molecular Pathogenesis and Emerging Therapies - Epilepsy is a prevalent and often severe neurological disorder with significant economic and societal impacts. Despite adequate trials with two or more antiseizure medications (ASMs), approximately one-third of patients continue to experience drug-resistant epilepsy. Surgery remains the most effective treatment for patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy, yet it may be underutilized. Given ...

Hemorrhage Accompanying Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizure During Cesarean Section: A Case Report - CONCLUSION: PNES are an important differential diagnosis for perioperative convulsive seizures. Patients often suffer from anxiety, depression or other mental disorders or stress. During an attack, it is often manifested as involuntary left and right swaying of the head and upper limbs, without loss of consciousness.

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.