Senior author Lucretia Long, DNP, an epilepsy nurse practitioner and a clinical associate professor of neurology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine. COLUMBUS, ...
A whole host of epilepsy organizations and several members of Congress have come together to call for more governmental help to treat and educate those with epilepsy. The groups, which include the ...
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 status. These ...
Ketogenic diet therapies, including the classic ketogenic diet, modified Atkins diet, and low glycaemic index treatment, have shown effectiveness in controlling seizures, in part by shifting ...
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineer Sri Sarma is developing new technologies to pinpoint the exact origin of seizures in the brain—life-changing work for the roughly 21 million epilepsy patients ...
Fellows will be alternating weekday calls with the on-service attending and 1-2 weekend calls per block. The EMU team will also consist of 1-2 residents, 1-2 Advanced Practice Providers, and 1 EEG ...
Many patients suffer from epilepsy that cannot be controlled by current medications. Surgical removal of epileptogenic brain regions is effective in only about half of cases, and not all patients are ...
Published today in The Lancet Neurology, a new review from the University of Colorado Anschutz in collaboration with UT Southwestern Medical Center, offers the latest scientific explanations for why ...
According to a recent study, in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), epileptic seizures are significantly more common than previously known. The discovery deepens understanding of the symptoms ...
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Oct. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX), Inc. , a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing, and commercializing ...
A significant number of epilepsy patients turn to nonmedical cannabis for seizure control, often without their physician's knowledge, new research shows. "It's well-accepted that CBD is antiseizure, ...