For the over one million Canadians living with traumatic brain injury, the likelihood of developing epilepsy increases significantly because of their injury. When faced with stress or anxiety, that likelihood increases even ...
May 17, 2019
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One in 26 people will develop epilepsy – a chronic disease characterized by unpredictable seizures—in their lifetime.
Aug 22, 2016
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Two new models could solve a problem that's long frustrated millions of people with epilepsy and the doctors who treat them: how to find precisely where seizures originate to treat exactly that part of the brain.
Nov 29, 2022
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Exercise helped Delhi college student Vinay Jani gain strength and lose weight. But in 2005, he began having seizures. Seizure control was elusive, and Jani went into a depression. He stopped exercising and gained back more ...
Jan 25, 2023
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A key protein, which may be activated to protect nerve cells from damage during heart failure or epileptic seizure, has been found to regulate the transfer of information between nerve cells in the brain. The discovery, made ...
Apr 22, 2012
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For 29 years, from the time she was 12, Rashetta Higgins had been wracked by epileptic seizures—as many as 10 a week—in her sleep, at school and at work. She lost four jobs over 10 years. One seizure brought her down ...
Aug 2, 2021
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The research led by Newcastle University's Dr Mark Cunningham and Professor Miles Whittington and supported by the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, indicates a novel electrical bio-marker in humans.
Jun 15, 2012
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Physicians will have a better guide for more effectively managing treatment of children experiencing seizures related to autism with the results of a study by researchers at Arizona State University and the University of ...
Jun 2, 2011
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An important part of the brain's immune system, cells called microglia constantly extend and retract "branches" from their cell body to survey their environment. Think of an octopus, not moving its body, but reaching its ...
Dec 15, 2020
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Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes seizures of many different types. Recent research from Japan has found that epileptic seizures can be more easily predicted by using an electrocardiogram to measure fluctuations ...
Apr 1, 2016
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