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    Yearly Archives: 2025

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    bad sleep

    Epilepsy and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Assessing the Risk of SUDEP

    NewsBy BJ IacinoMarch 10, 2025

    Among adverse effects of epilepsy, the potential for sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the most dire. Occurring without warning in otherwise healthy-seeming individuals, SUDEP accounts for 15% of…

    Kings College

    AI can detect minute brain abnormalities to treat epilepsy | REUTERS

    NewsBy BJ IacinoMarch 10, 2025

    A new AI tool developed in the UK can help spot the sometimes minute and difficult-to-pinpoint abnormalities in the brain that can cause epilepsy, and prompt methods of treatment. Read…

    Rare epilepsy treatment

    ‘I don’t even recognize myself’: London woman now seizure-free after rare epilepsy treatment at LHSC

    NewsBy BJ IacinoMarch 7, 2025

    The 26-year-old is the first epilepsy patient to have a rare procedure at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), where a Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS) device was surgically implanted into her skull…

    holding a brain

    Beyond the Diagnosis: Embracing the Humanity Behind Epilepsy Care

    NewsBy BJ IacinoFebruary 24, 2025

    While these people shared symptoms from a clinical perspective, their stories, struggles, and personal experiences showed how varied the effects of these conditions can be. It left me humbled and…

    brain scans

    From control to cure – a paradigm shift in epilepsy treatment

    NewsBy BJ IacinoFebruary 21, 2025

    Controlling seizures has long been the sole focus of epilepsy treatment. However, as we’ve learnt more about epilepsy, scientists are shifting to addressing the causes. In this article, we look…

    heart brain connect

    Heart Health, Epilepsy, and SUDEP

    NewsBy BJ IacinoFebruary 21, 2025

    I was looking for a PhD, as Katia mentioned, and when I started to talk to Katia, and she introduced me to some concepts in epilepsy, I was fascinated about…

    michigan state uni

    MSU study: Socioeconomic factors, unpredictability complicate diagnosis of epilepsy and other episodic disabilities

    NewsBy BJ IacinoFebruary 19, 2025

    Any patient suffering from new or worsening medical symptoms hopes for a relatively quick and accurate diagnosis. However, for many people with episodic disabilities — periodic or intermittent conditions like…

    Neuro

    Stem Cells in Epilepsy: Innovations and Challenges in Neurosurgical Treatment

    NewsBy BJ IacinoFebruary 17, 2025

    Antiepileptic drugs, which work by either enhancing the effect of inhibitory neurotransmitters or by inhibiting excitatory neurotransmitters, are the most common treatment for epilepsy; however, newer approaches, such as stem…

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    Dallas Researchers Work to Unravel the Mystery of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

    NewsBy BJ IacinoFebruary 17, 2025

    Southern Methodist University biology researchers are uncovering how brain, heart, and lung connections may hold the key to preventing sudden death in epilepsy—while making a breakthrough discovery linking a missing…

    Self stigma

    Researchers validate a scale to evaluate self-stigmatisation in epilepsy

    NewsBy BJ IacinoFebruary 10, 2025

    Self-stigma in epilepsy arises when patients internalise these social prejudices, which negatively affects their mental health, quality of life and social relationships. This study validated the Spanish version of the…

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      • Stories of Hope
      • Request a Presentation
      • Board Applicant Form
    • About Epilepsy
      • Column 1
        • What is Epilepsy?
        • Seizure First Aid
        • Epilepsy Research
        • Prognosis
        • Treatment
        • HOBSCOTCH: Home Based Self-Management & Cognitive Training Changes Lives
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        • Epilepsy and Education
        • Epilepsy and Employment
        • Epilepsy and the Law
        • Epilepsy and Nutrition
        • Epilepsy and Tobacco Use
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        • Gender and Epilepsy
        • Mental Health Resources
        • Race, Ethnicity and Epilepsy
        • Stigma, Mental Health and Epilepsy
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        • Color, Light and Epilepsy
        • Famous People with Epilepsy
        • Driving with Epilepsy in Florida
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