Epilepsy News

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 ...

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 ...

Teen with Epilepsy Dies After Seizure Leads to Cardiac Arrest: ‘There Was No Warning’ - SUDEP describes the unexpected death of a person with epilepsy who was otherwise in good health. Though it is rare, seizures can trigger cardiac arrest by disrupting the nervous system, which controls ...

Teacher Who Was Filmed Having a Seizure During Class Shares How She Navigates Epilepsy as an Educator (Exclusive) - Yareli Jessica Gijon experienced her first seizure at age 12 and was later diagnosed with epilepsy after years of uncertainty She has learned to manage her condition while teaching by recognizing ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Nervous system reset vacations promise calm with nerve toning, massages, and neurofeedback therapy - In a post-pandemic world filled with war, a contentious political climate and social media doomscrolling, it’s safe to say that nerves are collectively shot. You could throw away your phone and hide.

New fMRI neurofeedback study trains the brain to reduce depressive rumination - Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is far from a cookie-cutter diagnosis. Different patients report suffering from different subsets of symptoms, yet most are ultimately prescribed the same first-line ...

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 ...

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 ...

First seizure in adolescence revealing hidden bilateral porencephalic cysts - Porencephaly is a rare neurological disorder characterized by cerebrospinal fluid-filled cavities within the cerebral parenchyma. While typically diagnosed in infancy, silent cases may manifest later in life with new-onset seizures. We report a 14-year-old female with a remote history of encephalitis requiring neurosurgical intervention at 8 months of age who presented with her first generalize...

Spatio-Temporal Attention with Spiking Neural Networks for Seizure Detection from Electroencephalogram Signals - Timely and accurate detection of seizures from Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is critical for the effective management of epilepsy. Although deep learning and artificial neural networks (ANNs) have substantially advanced automated seizure detection, their reliance on dense and continuous computations results in high energy consumption, thereby hindering practical clinical deployment. To add...

Delayed Diagnosis of Bilateral Posterior Shoulder Fracture-Dislocation Following a Seizure: A Case Report - BACKGROUND Bilateral posterior shoulder fracture-dislocation can be caused by forced internal rotation during a seizure and requires management with combined open reduction procedures to address instability and fractures to restore function. This report describes the case of a 27-year-old man with a delayed diagnosis of bilateral posterior shoulder fracture-dislocation following a seizure manag...

The negative chronotropic control of the insula: An SEEG-based investigation - The insula is implicated in heart rate modulation within brain-cardiac interactions, yet direct electrophysiological evidence remains limited. This study investigates dynamic insula-cardiac coupling during ictal heart rate fluctuations to elucidate the insula's role in chronotropic regulation. Patients with drug-resistant epilepsy exhibiting both insular stereoelectroencephalography coverage an...

Phenomenological insights into disclosure and concealment decision-making among people with epilepsy experiencing generalized tonic-clonic seizures - CONCLUSIONS: This study offers a new perspective on illness disclosure decision-making among PWE with GTCS, highlighting its existential significance beyond information management. The findings indicate that disclosure or concealment is an ongoing, context-dependent process of relational classification through which participants seek to construct safe and protective social spaces. These decisio...

Responsive Neurostimulation for Treatment of SCN1A-Associated Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies - CONCLUSIONS: These descriptive findings suggest that RNS, particularly thalamic targeting, may be a palliative consideration for select SCN1A-spectrum patients while underscoring variable benefit and the importance of multidimensional outcome assessments.

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.