If you've ever seen a movie or TV show in which a character has a seizure, you probably have a fairly standard mental picture of someone falling to the ground in full body convulsions while foaming at the mouth. But that ...
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A patient at Oregon Health & Science University is the first in the world to benefit from a single stimulator implanted in the brain to effectively control two life-altering conditions: seizures caused by epilepsy and compulsive ...
Oct 26, 2023
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New research from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus studies a new tool that will help medical providers identify patients who are failing epilepsy treatments earlier in order to change treatment to rapidly ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Sleeping patterns and stress hormones could be the key to understanding how and when people with epilepsy are likely to experience seizures, a new study reveals.
Oct 17, 2023
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XEN1101 appears safe and effective for the treatment of focal-onset seizures (FOSs), according to results of a phase 2b study published online Oct. 9 in JAMA Neurology.
Oct 14, 2023
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In cases where standard therapies fail, a medication called XEN1101 reduces seizure frequency by more than 50% in some patients and sometimes eliminates them altogether, a new study shows. Unlike several treatments that must ...
Oct 9, 2023
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Together with colleagues, veterinarian and neuroscientist Sonja Bröer has researched how regenerative cell therapies can contribute to curing or alleviating epilepsy. The work was carried out at biotechnology start-up Neurona ...
Oct 6, 2023
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The emerging field of medical cannabinoids has experienced a breakthrough in epilepsy and seizure disorders. A team led by D. Samba Reddy, Ph.D., RPh, a Regents Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Experimental ...
Oct 5, 2023
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Epilepsy is one of the more common neurologic disorders in children. About 1 in 26 people have epilepsy, and 1 in 10 people will have at least one seizure in their lifetime.
Sep 29, 2023
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Infants with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a rare genetic disorder, have a high risk of developing infantile spasms and developmental delay. The early onset and severity of the seizures increase their risk for developmental ...
Sep 8, 2023
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