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FMCSA reviews 11 epilepsy waiver requests from commercial drivers - Eleven truck drivers with histories of epilepsy or seizure disorders are asking federal regulators for exemptions. The post FMCSA reviews 11 epilepsy waiver requests from commercial drivers appeared ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nashville Brain and Wellness: LENS neurofeedback - What if just a few sessions could help retrain your brain? Nashville Brain and Wellness is showing us the science behind LENS Neurofeedback and why patients are turning to it for better focus, sleep, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Assessing metabolic progression in temporal lobe epilepsy: biological and methodological considerations - CONCLUSION: Ipsilateral mesial temporal regions are one of the areas most sensitive to epileptic seizures. Assessment of metabolic progression is affected by methodological factors, such as brain atrophy (and the correction thereof) and data variability. Normalized CMRglu values and AIs have greater statistical power than absolute CMRglu values implying no need for quantitative PET studies.

When seizure counts are not seizures: Measurement error and its implications for epilepsy management and driving policy - No abstract

Clinical and Evolutionary Aspects of CDKL5-Related Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathy: A Case Report - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase-Like 5 (CDKL5) Deficiency Disorder (CDD) is a rare genetic condition characterized by early-onset, pharmacoresistant epilepsy and severe global developmental delay. We report the case of a five-month-old infant who developed epileptic spasms at three months of age. Despite multiple antiepileptic therapies, seizures remained refractory. The clinical course was marked by p...

Dravet syndrome: diverse seizure phenotypes with various triggers and developmental outcome- A case series from a LMIC - Dravet syndrome (DS) is a severe childhood epilepsy characterised by drug-resistant seizures, developmental delays, and behavioural disturbances, often linked to de novo mutations in the SCN1A gene. This retrospective case series from Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, describes five patients with varying ages of seizure onset and difficult-to-control seizures despite conventional antiseizu...

Prophylactic anti-seizure medication for post-traumatic seizures in Chinese PICUs: current practices and knowledge gaps - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate current practices and asses knowledge gaps in the use of prophylactic anti-seizure medication (ASM) for managing pediatric post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) in Mainland China, with a particular focus on clinical decision-making of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) physicians.

Prenatal exposure to Antiseizure Medications for all indications and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a nationwide population-based cohort study in South Korea - CONCLUSION: In this nationwide Korean cohort, prenatal ASM exposure was associated with dose-dependent risks of ASD and ID. These findings underscore the importance of preconception counseling and early pregnancy management for all women receiving ASMs, beyond those with epilepsy.

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.