Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
When it looks like dementia but isn't—epilepsy not just a "children's disease"
Last September, Guy Bradley began having episodes of severe and sudden confusion with night sweats and nausea.
Jun 5, 2019
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Epilepsy
Medications
Epilepsy drugs during pregnancy linked with later childhood behavioral problems
A new study has uncovered an increased risk of behavioral problems in children of mothers with epilepsy who took common antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy.
Jun 5, 2019
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Neuroscience
What's the right amount of 'zapping' in epilepsy laser surgery?
There is an estimated 2.4 million people diagnosed with epilepsy each year, according to the World Health Organization. Some types of epileptic seizure can be essentially cured by open surgery for patients who don't respond ...
May 21, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Patients with both schizophrenia and epilepsy die alarmingly early
More than one in four patients with schizophrenia and epilepsy die before reaching the age of fifty. This is shown by research from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital. The results, which have been published ...
May 16, 2019
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Neuroscience
Brain network activity can improve in epilepsy patients after surgery
Successful epilepsy surgery can improve brain connectivity similar to patterns seen in people without epilepsy, according to a new study published in the journal Neurosurgery.
May 16, 2019
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Neuroscience
New drug could help treat neonatal seizures
A new drug that inhibits neonatal seizures in rodent models could open up new avenues for the treatment of epilepsy in human newborns. Researchers have identified that gluconate—a small organic compound found in fruit and ...
May 15, 2019
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Neuroscience
New tool to predict epileptic seizures in pregnancy could save lives
A new risk calculator for pregnant women with epilepsy, developed by researchers from Queen Mary University of London, has been found to accurately predict the risk of seizures during pregnancy and up to six weeks after delivery, ...
May 13, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mind mom's mental health after child's diagnosis
Doctors should consider a "family diagnosis" when it comes to treating children with epilepsy, as recent research has uncovered the potential for long-term mental-health challenges impacting the mothers of diagnosed children.
May 9, 2019
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Neuroscience
Can the effects of the ketogenic diet help prevent epilepsy after traumatic brain injury?
Neuroscientists led by Chris Dulla at Tufts University School of Medicine prevented the development of epileptic activity in mice after traumatic brain injury by using a drug that mimics the metabolic effects of the ketogenic ...
Apr 30, 2019
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Medical research
Trigger region found for absence epileptic seizures
Scientists have discovered a neurological origin for absence seizures—a type of seizure characterized by very short periods of lost consciousness in which people appear to stare blankly at nothing. Using a mouse model of ...
Apr 26, 2019
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