by Joy Mazur, International League Against Epilepsy Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainJessica Veach didn’t wait long enough at the stop sign. “You got too excited,” the instructor told her, writing a large “X” over her driving test. Veach, who was retaking the test after having epilepsy surgery, failed because of her rolling stop. She cried afterward....
ByROMAIN FONSEGRIVES, AFP Amber Pearson, who received a brain implant to treat epilepsy and OCD. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP)American Amber Pearson used to wash her hands until they bled, terrified by the idea of contamination from everyday items, a debilitating result of her obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). But the repetitive rituals of her condition are largely...
by Jordan Clay, University of Kentucky Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Epilepsy is a common neurological condition which leads to seizures. It affects millions of people in the United States and tens of millions worldwide. It’s important to know what epilepsy is, how to recognize what happens during a seizure, and how to provide first aid when...
by American Academy of Neurology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For people with epilepsy, doing yoga may help reduce feelings of stigma about the disease along with reducing seizure frequency and anxiety, according to new research published in Neurology. “People with epilepsy often face stigma that can cause them to feel different than others due to their...
by CU Anschutz Medical Campus Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNew research from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus studies a new tool that will help medical providers identify patients who are failing epilepsy treatments earlier in order to change treatment to rapidly optimize positive outcomes. The study was published online today in Neurology Clinical Practice. The...
by Shobi Sivathamboo, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock When 20-year-old Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died of “sudden unexpected death in epilepsy” (known as SUDEP) in 2019, his parents had not even heard of the condition. “We didn’t know about SUDEP. We have family members who are doctors who never heard of SUDEP,” Cameron’s father Victor said in an interview. “We...
This experimental therapy, called NRTX-1001, has the potential to offer drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy patients a non-destructive cure for their seizures. The injected cells, derived from human stem cells, are aimed at restoring brain balance and calming seizures. Early results show a more than 90% reduction in seizure frequency in initial patients post-treatment. Key Facts:...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Focal epilepsy affects over 30 million patients worldwide and is commonly caused by brain lesions, such as stroke. However, it is unclear why some lesion locations cause epilepsy while others do not. A new study by investigators from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of...
by American Academy of Neurology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People with a genetic predisposition for Alzheimer’s disease may have an increased risk of epilepsy and people with a certain type of epilepsy may have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the May 24, 2023, online issue of Neurology. “Our research found that...
by Lund University Interictal and postictal immune protein levels in serum from patients with temporal and frontal lobe seizures and PNES. A-B, interictal IL-6 and ICAM-1 protein levels in patients with TLE, FLE, TLE + PNES, PNES, and controls (CTRL). C–H, interictal compared to postictal protein levels of IL-6, MIP1β, TARC, MDC, IFN-y, ICAM-1at 6–8 h and 24 h...
