by British Medical Journal Strobe lighting at electronic dance music festivals may be linked to a tripling in the risk of epileptic fits in susceptible individuals, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open. Organisers need to issue warnings and advice on preventive measures, particularly for those who have a history of epilepsy that responds to flashing lights, known as photosensitive epilepsy, argue the researchers, who note that the popularity of dance music events generates revenues...
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Synthetic CBD may be a safe treatment for seizures
By Catharine Paddock PhD Fact checked by Paula Field A nonintoxicating form of cannabidiol that chemists can make from inexpensive non-cannabis ingredients can treat seizures just as effectively as herbal cannabidiol, according to recent research in rats. The chemical structure of the synthetic cannabidiol (CBD), which has the name 8,9-dihydrocannabidiol (H2CBD), is similar to that of the CBD that...
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Trigger region found for absence epileptic seizures
by RIKEN Scientists have discovered a neurological origin for absence seizures—a type of seizure characterized by very short periods of lost consciousness in which people appear to stare blankly at nothing. Using a mouse model of childhood epilepsy, a team led by Kazuhiro Yamakawa at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan showed that absenceepilepsy can be...
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Gene repair improves memory and seizures in adult autism model
by The Scripps Research Institute A new study challenges the presumption that people born with developmental brain disorders such as severe autism will benefit from medical interventions only if treated during a narrow window in infancy or early childhood. Writing in the journal eLife, an open-access scientific journal, the Rumbaugh lab at Scripps Research in Florida reports improvement in...
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Vaccines cause seizures? Not really and you shouldn’t worry about it
Every once in a while vaccines come back to the spotlight of attention with public dividing into two opposing camps. Some people spread misinformation about potential dangers of vaccines and regard them as unnecessary or even a part of a big conspiracy. For example, vaccines sometimes may cause febrile seizures, which is scaring some parents away from this important decision. Now scientists from University...
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Epilepsy or Not? PNES Mistaken for More Common Seizure Disorder
When someone collapses to the floor, back arching, arms and legs thrashing, your first thought may be epileptic seizure. And you wouldn’t be alone—until recently, most doctors thought the same thing. During an epileptic seizure, the brain, which normally operates in an orderly way by sending electrical messages from neuron to neuron, becomes overloaded. If a healthy brain...
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Stimulating the epileptic brain breaks up neural networks to prevent seizures
by University of Pittsburgh Responsive neurostimulation (RNS) treats epilepsy by detecting seizures and intervening with a jolt of electric current. Over time, most patients find their seizures become fewer and further between. Now, for the first time, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC have a better understanding of why this happens. As reported today...
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Seizures Could Be A Side Effect Of E-Cigarette Use: Here Are The Warning Signs To Watch Out For
U.S. health regulators issued an announcement about a health risk possibly linked to use of e-cigarettes that mostly affects young users. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday said it will investigate a possible link between vaping and seizures after receiving reports of seizures among users of e-cigarettes. Possible Side Effect Of E-Cigarette Use Recent studies already showed that e-cigarette use can cause DNA damage and cause cancer....
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It’s not epilepsy: Counseling helps those with misdiagnosed seizures
One of four patients admitted to hospitals for evaluation of seizures don’t have epilepsy but rather have a debilitating and difficult to diagnose condition known as psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, or PNES. Credit: stock.adobe.com Nearly 80 percent of these patients who suffer seizures not caused by altered electrical activity in the brain have been previously misdiagnosed as having epilepsy and prescribed...
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New Wireless ‘Pacemaker’ For The Brain May Prevent Seizures, Tremors In Patients With Epilepsy, Parkinson’s
A new “pacemaker” for the brain developed by engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, may help prevent debilitating seizures and tremors in patients with neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s and epilepsy. Wireless Pacemaker For The Brain The device known as WAND, which stands for wireless artefact-free neuromodulation device, works by monitoring the brain‘s electrical activity and delivering electrical stimulation once it detects something is off. The device called WAND offers hope for patients with neurological conditions who suffer from...