Epilepsy News

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 ...

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 ...

How Neurofeedback Can Help Troubled Couples Get Back on the Same Wavelength - Dr. David Helfand (left) with a patient. The cap contains 19 electrodes that measure the brain’s electrical activity. Credit: Courtesy When a 10-year romantic relationship ended last spring for ...

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 ...

Mental health clinic expands to Henderson with neurofeedback treatment - A local mental health provider celebrated its expansion to Henderson Tuesday.

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 ...

How Can Neurofeedback Therapy Help Language and Processing Development? - From birth on, parents can count on their children to be individuals who grow and develop at their own pace. But from a developmental perspective, there are timeframes when kids typically achieve ...

Perioperative Management of Patients With Seizure Disorders: Part I - Epilepsy and seizure activity in dental patients can pose difficult management and treatment considerations for dental professionals, especially for those utilizing sedation and general anesthesia in office-based settings. This 2-part review will provide an overview of current approaches to managing patients with seizure disorders in dental settings. The first part of this review focuses on cat...

Efficacy, safety, and growth outcomes of ketogenic diet therapy in children under two years of age - CONCLUSION: KDT is an effective and generally well-tolerated treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy in infants, providing meaningful seizure control, reduced medication use, and an acceptable safety profile when carefully monitored.

A decade of experience in refractory epilepsy surgery in the Brazilian public health system: Long-term outcomes after 175 procedures - Epilepsy surgery represents a crucial therapeutic alternative for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), particularly when pharmacological management fails to provide seizure control. This study presents a ten-year retrospective analysis of 175 surgical procedures performed at a Brazilian tertiary public health reference center. Both pediatric and adult patients were included, with resect...

A hybrid deep learning framework for epileptic seizure prediction using scalp and intracranial EEG data - Epilepsy is a prevalent neurological disorder affecting over 50 million people globally, often impairing quality of life due to unpredictable and recurrent seizures. Despite advances in seizure prediction, challenges remain due to variability in EEG signals. EEG data exists in two primary modalities: non-invasive scalp EEG (sEEG) and invasive intracranial EEG (iEEG), and current deep learning m...

Early Vigabatrin Treatment Before Seizure Onset Decreased Interictal Epileptiform Discharges Over the Duration of the PREVeNT Study - CONCLUSIONS: Early treatment with vigabatrin decreased by ∼20% the proportion of EEGs with IEDs over 3 years. Vigabatrin group participants who did not develop epileptic spasms drove this reduction. Participants who developed spasms in either group had IEDs in over half of their EEGs.

Prevalence and predictors of seizure cluster in emergency care: Insights from a tertiary hospital in Bogota, Colombia - CONCLUSIONS: SC are common in emergency departments, with a prevalence of 21.2% in this study. They most frequently affect younger patients, individuals with history of epilepsy, and those receiving ≥ 3 antiseizure medications. In this context, the main etiology was poor treatment adherence.

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.