Pulses of light show promise in controlling seizures
In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers at UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz and ...
Tag: Seizure
New prediction model helps identify epilepsy risk after stroke
Researchers from 15 countries, led by Amsterdam UMC, have developed a way to predict which patients are at risk of ...
He fell ill on a cruise. Before he boarded the rescue boat, they handed him the bill.
Vincent Wasney and his fiancée, Sarah Eberlein, had never visited the ocean. They'd never even been on a plane. But ...
Is posttraumatic epilepsy associated with long-term dementia risk?
Long-term dementia risk is associated with both head injury and epilepsy. However, research has thus far documented the links between ...
Functional, nonepileptic seizures linked to higher death rate than expected
The death rate for patients with functional, nonepileptic seizures is higher than expected, with a rate comparable to epilepsy and ...
Can ketogenic diet offer an effective alternative to antiseizure medication in infants with drug-resistant epilepsy?
In a recent study published in The Lancet Neurology, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of ketogenic diets compared to anti-seizure medications ...
Navigating STXBP1-related disorders: Unraveling clinical and developmental outcomes
In a recent study published in Brain, researchers examined the combined patient-years of seizure and developmental histories in individuals with ...
Abnormal electrical activity in the brain of people with Alzheimer's leads to epileptic seizures
Alzheimer's disease causes death of neurons, and researchers hypothesize this may contribute to abnormal electrical activity in the brain that ...
Dementia can take a toll on financial health, as some families learn the hard way
Angela Reynolds knew her mother’s memory was slipping, but she didn’t realize how bad things had gotten until she started ...
UVA researchers advance understanding of how the brain responds to seizures
New University of Virginia School of Medicine insights into how the brain responds to seizures could facilitate the development of much-needed treatments ...
