Number of Americans with epilepsy at record level
(HealthDay)—More Americans than ever are living with epilepsy, federal health officials reported Thursday.
View ArticlePredicting brain surgery outcomes
For patients with a common type of epilepsy known as temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), the only treatment choices are anti-seizure drugs or surgery to remove the focus of the seizures in part of the brain...
View ArticleHeat a trigger for seizures
Fever is the most common trigger for seizures in children between 5 months and 6 years of age. But the underlying cause is not always clear.
View ArticleRisk of prematurity, SGA up for women on antiepileptic drugs
(HealthDay)—Women on antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) during pregnancy for epilepsy or other indications are at increased risk of giving birth to premature and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants,...
View ArticleMore patients cope with diagnosis of epilepsy
As he was growing up, Paul Shaffer sometimes froze in his tracks and felt like he was walking away from his body.
View ArticleBrain activity between seizures in genetic form of epilepsy
New research shows that in a mouse model of childhood absence epilepsy, brain activity is perturbed between seizures. The researchers speculate that this could underlie cognitive problems of the...
View ArticleCooling treatment reduces epilepsy in children
Cooling babies deprived of oxygen at birth (perinatal asphyxia) can reduce the number of children who develop epilepsy later in childhood, according to a new study published in the journal Epilepsia.
View ArticleMedial temporal lobe surgery linked to prevalence of tinnitus
(HealthDay)—Patients with epilepsy undergoing medial temporal lobe (MTL) surgery have increased prevalence of tinnitus compared with controls and participants with self-reported epilepsy (SRE),...
View ArticleLack of CLOCK protein appears key in severe epilepsy forms
A new study in Neuron focuses on the role that a lack of the protein "CLOCK" plays in several forms of epilepsy. The study provides evidence that excessive excitation of specific brain cells may be due...
View ArticleWristband devices detect dangerous seizures in patients with epilepsy
New research published in Epilepsia, a journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), indicates that wristband devices may improve the detection and characterization of seizures in...
View ArticleLargest ever collection of patient data of inherited epilepsy conditions
Researchers from Swansea University Medical School have joined up with five other centres from around the world to compile the biggest recorded collection of families with forms of epilepsy where...
View ArticleResearchers discover eight new epilepsy genes
Approximately 30 per cent of patients with epilepsy do not respond to anti-epileptic drugs. In these cases, all neurologists can do is attempt to find the right combination of medication through trial...
View ArticlePeople with epilepsy may gain from common sleep apnea treatment
(HealthDay)—It's been used by many people to help ease sleep apnea, but new research suggests the CPAP mask may also help ease seizures in people with epilepsy.
View ArticlePersonalised epilepsy seizure prediction a possibility with AI
The idea of personalised seizure prediction for epilepsy is closer to becoming a reality thanks to new research published today by the University of Melbourne and IBM Research-Australia.
View ArticlePresurgical imaging may predict whether epilepsy surgery will work
Surgery to remove a part of the brain to give relief to patients with epilepsy doesn't always result in complete seizure relief, but statisticians at Rice University have developed a method for...
View ArticleNovel fMRI applications in childhood epilepsy increase understanding of...
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has allowed researchers to map the memory functions that are often impaired within the brains of children with epilepsy. Additionally, a separate study of a...
View ArticleCautious Texas among last states to OK medical marijuana
When California rings in the new year with the sale of recreational pot for the first time, Texas will be tiptoeing into its own marijuana milestone: a medical cannabis program so restrictive that...
View ArticleBrain waves may predict and potentially prevent epilepsy
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have discovered a promising biomarker for predicting and potentially preventing epileptic seizures in patients with brain injuries using EEG...
View ArticleDoes dosing of drug for mom make a difference for baby's risk of cleft lip,...
Taking a higher dose of topiramate during the first three months of pregnancy may increase a baby's risk of cleft lip or cleft palate more than when taking a lower dose, according to a study published...
View ArticleMore than a third of patients do not respond to antiepileptics
(HealthDay)—More than one-third of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy do not respond to treatment with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), according to a study published online Dec. 26 in JAMA Neurology.
View ArticleEpileptic seizures and depression may share a common genetic cause, study...
From the time of Hippocrates, physicians have suspected a link between epilepsy and depression. Now, for the first time, scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Columbia University have...
View ArticleAre there signs of CTE in the brain tissue of younger people with epilepsy?
Younger adults with difficult-to-treat epilepsy may have early signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in their brain tissue, but it appears to be uncommon, according to a small, preliminary study...
View ArticleTeam develops method to identify seizure-causing regions in the brain
Epilepsy—a condition that affects an estimated 65 million people worldwide—can be a difficult condition to treat. A team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Mayo Clinic have developed...
View ArticleRecording a thought's fleeting trip through the brain
University of California, Berkeley neuroscientists have tracked the progress of a thought through the brain, showing clearly how the prefrontal cortex at the front of the brain coordinates activity to...
View ArticleEpilepsy linked to brain volume and thickness differences
Epilepsy is associated with thickness and volume differences in the grey matter of several brain regions, according to new research led by UCL and the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
View ArticleNew genetic test can predict adverse reactions to epilepsy drug
A study led by researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) has identified a new genetic test that can be used to predict if a patient with epilepsy will develop an adverse reaction to a...
View ArticleApgar scores in neonates predict risk of CP and epilepsy
An infant's scores on the so-called Apgar scale can predict the risk of a later diagnosis of cerebral palsy or epilepsy. The risk rises with decreasing Apgar score, but even slightly lowered scores can...
View ArticleTeam develops database to warn physicians of possible drug interactions for...
A physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix has developed a new database to ensure that individuals on ketogenic diets to help treat a certain kind of epilepsy are...
View ArticleSimple blood test could reveal epilepsy risk
A finger-prick blood test to diagnose epilepsy could be available within five years, according to scientists who are using tell-tale molecules called biomarkers to overcome current diagnostic problems...
View ArticleWhich commonly prescribed drug is more effective for infants with epilepsy?
Comparison of two of the most commonly prescribed drugs for infants with nonsyndromic epilepsy revealed that levetiracetam was more effective than phenobarbital, according a multicenter, observational...
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