Family Planning with Epilepsy: What to Consider
For women with epilepsy, family planning involves some unique issues. Whether a woman wishes to delay pregnancy until the time is right or prevent pregnancy long term, an awareness of…
Epilepsy brain implant does not transform patients’ sense of self or personality but offers them new insights into illness, study shows
A next-generation brain implant currently in clinical use for treating refractory epilepsy — to help prevent symptoms including seizures — does not induce changes to patients’ personalities or self-perceptions, a…
Epilepsy surgery may improve overall brain health
Epilepsy surgery may be associated with improvements to overall brain health, a study led by University of Liverpool researchers has found. The study, published in Neurology, the medical journal of…
Marijuana-like brain substance calms seizures but increases aftereffects, study finds
A marijuana-like chemical in the brain, mirroring its plant-based counterpart, packs both ups and downs. Epileptic seizures trigger the rapid synthesis and release of a substance mimicked by marijuana’s most…
Breath test to determine correct treatment for epilepsy
Epilepsy affects some 50 million people worldwide and pharmaceutical treatment of the disease is a tightrope walk, as the dose must be tailored precisely to the individual patient: “Slightly too…
3-D ‘Heat Map’ Animation Shows How Seizures Spread in the Brains of Patients with Epilepsy
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…
When It Comes to People Like My Daughter, One Size Does Not Fit All
The following article is an opinion piece which was published in the New York Times on July 4th, 2021. The author is Mr. David Axelrod, the senior strategist for Barack…
‘Mozart effect’: Listening to composer’s Sonata For Two Pianos K448 can prevent epileptic seizures
Researchers say listening to Mozart can lead to a decrease in epileptiform discharges, the brain waves that can cause seizures. Researchers at the Hospital St Anne and CEITEC Masaryk University…
New research studies ‘domino effects’ and synchrony in brain activity
Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the quest to understand the intricate processes that occur in the brain during seizures that are the key symptom of epilepsy. A team…
Poor Sleep Quality, Care Management Linked With Worsening of Seizure in Patients With Epilepsy
Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Italy, a significant number of patients with epilepsy reported difficulties managing their condition, especially those who reported greater use of antiseizure medications…