A new 16-week study of 204 adult epilepsy patients found that 98% of participants believe that all patients with epilepsy should have a seizure action plan (SAP), regardless of seizure…
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Treatment for patients with epilepsy often entails antiseizure medications, which require long-term commitment and patient compliance. Despite the accessibility of antiseizure medications to treat this patient population, approximately 30% of…
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Courage Vidzengsi had her first epileptic seizure when she was eight. Jerking uncontrollably, she bit her tongue and fell to the ground at the children’s recreation centre. As her seizures…
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PHILADELPHIA— Only a very small percentage of neurons show changes after an epileptic seizure in mice, but these alterations can be permanent and trigger future seizures that can affect the…
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Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that the potassium channel gene KCNQ is active in neural cells called glia. KCNQ mutations can profoundly affect…
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In epilepsy, a complex neurological condition, seizures are often one part of the disease that patients experience. Previous research and real-world data have shown that the shift from pediatric to…
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