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    Episode 139: Sleep and Seizures: Emerging Insights From AAN 2025

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 18, 2025

    In this episode, “Sleep and Seizures: Emerging Insights from AAN 2025,” Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Cleveland Clinic, reflected on key sleep-related topics presented at…

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    New definition of epilepsy improves diagnosis, treatment

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 15, 2025

    The new International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) definition of epilepsy results in a higher frequency of epilepsy diagnosis and treatment, according to a study published online March 23 in Frontiers…

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    Lake Bell shares personal inspiration behind new children’s book on neurodiversity

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 15, 2025

    Actor and filmmaker Lake Bell joins “CBS Mornings” to talk about her new children’s book, “All About Brains: A Book About People,” inspired by her daughter’s epilepsy diagnosis and her…

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    Biggest brain map ever details huge number of neurons and their activity

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 9, 2025

    Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain so far, by mapping cells in 1 cubic millimetre of a mouse’s brain tissue1. In a…

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    Lifestyle Adjustments to Improve Epileptic Seizures

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 8, 2025

    Lifestyle changes that you can make to decrease the severity or number of seizures that you have. Dr. Sindhu Richards is an assistant professor of neurology at University of Utah Health. She specializes in…

    Madison Tech College

    Studying epilepsy to help at home

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 8, 2025

    There is no pathway to treating epilepsy in her country. There is little access to hospitals. Even when you are admitted to one hospital, you still have to wait to…

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    New study in Brain Communications finds personalized deep brain stimulation shows promise for drug-resistant epilepsy

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 7, 2025

    A study published in Brain Communications highlights a new approach to treating drug-resistant epilepsy. Researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed an innovative deep brain stimulation (DBS) platform that was used…

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    Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health transforms Louisiana girl’s life with innovative epilepsy treatments

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 6, 2025

    Harmoni continued to have as many as 50 to 100 seizures per day. Many episodes lasted less than 30 seconds, during which Harmoni would suddenly stop what she was doing,…

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    Inside Tristan Thompson’s Life as Brother Amari’s Legal Guardian Amid Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 3, 2025

    It’s been just over a year since Tristan Thompson, NBA player and ex-boyfriend of Khloé Kardashian, became the legal guardian of his 18-year-old brother, Amari. Tristan, 34, remains a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers while looking…

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    Mayo Clinic researchers lead transformative shift toward neurorestorative treatment strategies for most severe forms of epilepsy

    NewsBy BJ IacinoApril 2, 2025

    Neurosurgeon Jonathon J. Parker, M.D., Ph.D., is the lead investigator of the first-in-human clinical trial at Mayo Clinic studying the use of implanted specialized inhibitory brain cells as a potential…

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      • 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 the Law
        • Epilepsy and Nutrition
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        • Famous People with Epilepsy
        • Driving with Epilepsy in Florida
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