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New Genetic-based Epilepsy Risk Scores Developed

New Genetic-based Epilepsy Risk Scores Developed

Genetic-based epilepsy risk scores could lay the foundation for a more individualized method of epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. This test was developed by an international team of research...

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When it Comes to Epilepsy Surgery, the Earlier, the Better

When it Comes to Epilepsy Surgery, the Earlier, the Better

People with drug-resistant epilepsy should be referred to epilepsy surgery evaluation as early as possible due to the high chances of becoming seizure-free, according to a new study. The fin...

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Ketogenic Diet Continues to be Safe, Effective for Infants with Genetic Epilepsy

Ketogenic Diet Continues to be Safe, Effective for Infants with Genetic Epilepsy

Highlights: Low carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diet is safe, effective and well-tolerated by infants with genetic epilepsy Keto diet could start earlier in infants (as young as ...

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Cannabis Reduces Seizures in Children With Severe Epilepsy

Cannabis Reduces Seizures in Children With Severe Epilepsy

In children with severe, drug-resistant epilepsy, medicinal cannabis was found to reduce or end seizures, revealed research published in Frontiers in Neurology. Medicinal cannabis o...

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Genetic Basis for Epilepsy and Sudden Death Discovered

Genetic Basis for Epilepsy and Sudden Death Discovered

Gene mutation that causes both severe epilepsy and breathing irregularities has been identified by a group of UConn neuroscientists and reported in the journal eLife. "People with epi...

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Epilepsy Treatment Can't Prevent Sudden Death: New Study

Epilepsy Treatment Can't Prevent Sudden Death: New Study

Sudden deaths can occur even among people whose epilepsy is well-controlled, which is contrary to previous studies that showed the risk was highest among those with severe, difficult-to-trea...

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Children With Epilepsy can Retain Visual Perception After Surgery: Here’s How

Children With Epilepsy can Retain Visual Perception After Surgery: Here’s How

Highlights: Brains of children with epilepsy are capable of remapping following surgery This allows visual perception to be retained As a result, the children are able to see des...

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Epilepsy Drugs During Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Behavioral Problems

Epilepsy Drugs During Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Behavioral Problems

Behavioral problems were found to be common among children of mothers with epilepsy who took common antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy, according to a new study. In the Epilepsia stud...

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Schizophrenia and Epilepsy Patients Die Alarmingly Early

Schizophrenia and Epilepsy Patients Die Alarmingly Early

More than one in four schizophrenia and epilepsy patients were found to die early, i.e. even before they could reach the age of fifty, reveals a new study. Patients who suffer from schi...

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Cannabis-based Drug as Epilepsy Treatment

Cannabis-based Drug as Epilepsy Treatment

For children with difficult-to-treat epilepsy Dravet syndrome, taking a pharmaceutical formulation of cannabidiol, a cannabis-based drug cuts seizures nearly in half, stated a phase 3 study ...

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Purple Day – Get Involved in Raising Epilepsy Awareness

Purple Day – Get Involved in Raising Epilepsy Awareness

Highlights : Purple Day for epilepsy awareness is observed worldwide on the 26 th March to raise awareness about epilepsy, support persons with epilepsy and raise ...

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Concussions may Lead to Epilepsy

Concussions may Lead to Epilepsy

In mice model, a cellular response to repeated concussions that may contribute to seizures has been discovered by scientists. The study, published in JNeurosci, establishes a new animal...

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Wireless 'Pacemaker for the Brain' can Treat Epilepsy and Parkinson’s

Wireless 'Pacemaker for the Brain' can Treat Epilepsy and Parkinson’s

Highlights: Novel wireless brain pacemaker device termed WAND, an acronym for wireless artifact-free neuromodulation device has been developed WAND records brain electrical activity an...

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Epilepsy in Kids Can be Detected Earlier Through Deep Learning Computer Science Technique

Epilepsy in Kids Can be Detected Earlier Through Deep Learning Computer Science Technique

Most common form of epilepsy in children can be detected earlier through 'deep learning,' a new machine learning tool that tutors computers to learn by example, reports a new study. The find...

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Cannabis For Treating Cancer and Epilepsy on CSIR Radar

Cannabis For Treating Cancer and Epilepsy on CSIR Radar

Medicinal use of Cannabis is being explored For Treating Cancer and Epilepsy by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The CSIR is doing research on the medicinal use of...

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