Epilepsy News

Modifiable Factors Responsible for Most Epilepsy Relapses - In patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy, nearly 70% of seizure relapses are linked to potentially modifiable factors, including poor adherence and inadequate ASM dosing, rather than drug resistance.

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 ...

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 ...

People with focal epilepsy often have seizures while driving before a diagnosis - Prior to being diagnosed with epilepsy, 5% of people with a type of epilepsy called focal epilepsy had a seizure while driving, according to a new study published in the June 7, 2023, online issue of ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRYM secures €650K to develop wearable neurofeedback platform - Stockholm-based neurotech startup BRYM is developing a wearable neurofeedback platform designed to help users improve focus and cognitive performance through EEG-based brain training.

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 ...

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 ...

N-Homocysteinylation of Cofilin-1 Aggravates Epileptic Pathophysiology via Disruption of Actin Dynamics - Elevated homocysteine (Hcy) levels contribute to the onset and progression of childhood epilepsy. However, Hcy-lowering therapies provide limited benefits, suggesting additional pathogenic mechanisms. Here, we identified N-homocysteinylated Cofilin-1 (N-Hcy-CFL1) as a molecular link between elevated Hcy levels and childhood epilepsy. We detected N-Hcy-CFL1 in patients with epilepsy and in a mou...

Systematic review and meta-analysis of lifestyle modification interventions and their impact on seizure reduction and quality of life - OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to provide an overview of the research landscape and evaluate the impact of lifestyle modifications on seizure reduction and quality of life in people with epilepsy receiving standard medical treatment.

Vagus nerve stimulation for patients with tuberous sclerosis complex-related drug-resistant epilepsy: A prospective cohort study - OBJECTIVE: Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic multisystem disorder with a high prevalence of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), significantly affecting patients' quality of life. For patients with TSC lacking localizing epileptogenic tuber, resective surgery is often not feasible. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been proposed as an alternative surgical therapy, although robust evidence...

Crigler-Najjar Syndrome (Type 1) - A Case Report and Review of Literature - Crigler-Najjar syndrome (CNN) type I is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by complete deficiency of uridine 5'-diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase 1A1, leading to severe unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and a high risk of kernicterus. We describe the case of a 7-year-old girl with CNN type I and kernicterus who presented with fever and breakthrough seizures during an upper respiratory i...

Lived experiences and acceptability challenges among caregivers of people with epilepsy in Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa - CONCLUSION: Caregiving for PWE in rural South Africa is a demanding and socially shaped experience that extends beyond seizure management to include emotional labor, social negotiation, and structural hardship. Interventions to improve epilepsy outcomes should include caregiver education, stigma reduction, family-centered psychosocial support, and stronger community- and primary healthcare-base...

Caregiver burden and associated factors among primary caregivers of children with epilepsy in southwestern Uganda - CONCLUSION: Caregiver burden is highly prevalent among caregivers of children with epilepsy in rural Southwestern Uganda and is influenced by both caregiver characteristics and child-related clinical factors. Integrating caregiver-focused psychosocial support into epilepsy care services may help reduce caregiver burden and improve outcomes for children and their families in resource-limited set...

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.