Early-Onset Neonatal Infection and Epilepsy in Children
Are invasive bacterial infections during the first week of life associated with an increased risk of childhood epilepsy? Read the article.
We worked, we saved, and we still needed Medicaid to save our daughter’s life | Opinion
My daughter Stella started seizing at six weeks old. We never thought we’d need Medicaid but without it I don’t think our family would have survived. Read the article.
Frequent seizure and epilepsy-related emergency department visits in the United States: A retrospective cohort study
Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequities likely contribute to frequent ED visits for seizures, as evidenced by our findings from four U.S. states. Effective, multi-level interventions are needed to reduce disparities for…
Epilepsy self-management program shows promise to control seizures, improve mood and quality of life
Given that people with chronic health conditions often have limited contact with their healthcare providers, self-management interventions have gained increasing attention for their potential benefit. Read the article.
In new memoir, Minnesota journalist details how epilepsy changed her life
Stacia Kalinoski was forced to become an expert on the causes and symptoms of epilepsy when she began having seizures about 20 years ago. As they continued on-and-off, Kalinoski fought…
Carolyn Staffieri: Finding Faith, Poetry, and Purpose Through Epilepsy
Carolyn Staffieri is a woman of strength, compassion, and creativity—a poet, author, speaker, and former pediatric nurse whose journey through epilepsy has become the wellspring of her literary voice. Through her…
It’s More Than Seizures: Understanding Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Disruptions
It’s 8:45 a.m. on Monday morning. By now Gretchen has usually dropped her son Peter*, off at school with his one-on-one helper, and is on her way to work, but…
Call for new approach to mental health care in people who also have epilepsy
Up to one in three adults and young people with epilepsy also have mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety. A new set of recommendations aims to help neurologists…
Supreme Court win for girl with epilepsy expected to make disability lawsuits against schools easier
A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools…
Rutgers Health Researchers Challenge FDA Warning on Common Epilepsy Drug
Rutgers Health researchers found that lamotrigine, a widely prescribed antiseizure medication, to be safe in older adults with epilepsy, contrary to a safety warning by the Food and Drug Administration…