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A New Study Finds that Parent’s often...

May17
2012
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A New Study Finds that Parent’s often Lose Sleep over Child’s Epilepsy Now we know this will come a surprise to many of you, but parents do lose sleep over their children’s epilepsy. Parents of young children with epilepsy often sleep in the same room or the same bed as their child to monitor their condition, but the bed-sharing may be interfering with restful sleep for both the parents and kids, new rese [...]
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Epilepsy Surgery for Children expecte...

May16
2012
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Epilepsy Surgery for Children expected to Triple in the U.K. over the next 3 years Brain surgery can help patients with a drug-resistant strain of epilepsy The number of children receiving brain surgery for epilepsy is set to almost treble (triple) under plans for a major expansion of services across England by 2016. Operations to remove or modify part of the brain can help patients with a drug-resistant strain of the illne [...]
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Anti-epilepsy drug phenobarbital stun...

May14
2012
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Anti-epilepsy drug phenobarbital stunts neuronal growth Could a Georgetown University Medical Center study of adverse effects of phenobarbital on brain synapses in rat pups help explain cognitive deficits in children treated with the drug after birth? A brain study in infant rats demonstrates that the anti-epilepsy drug phenobarbital stunts neuronal growth, which could prompt new questions about u [...]
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Energy Drinks Causing Seizures & ...

May11
2012
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Energy Drinks Causing Seizures & Death! You could call it an energy crisis. In the last four years alone, ER visits associated with non-alcoholic energy drinks increased by about 12,000. There have been more than one-thousand reported cases of energy drink overdoses and adverse reactions. Still, they’re flying off store shelves! “They were desperately trying to save him,̶ [...]
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Predicting Success Rates for Epilepsy...

May10
2012
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Predicting Success Rates for Epilepsy Drugs 50% of Patients Seizure-Free After Trying First Anti-Seizure Drug Half of all epilepsy patients who are initially started on one anti-seizure drug remain seizure-free for at least a year, a new study confirms. Among patients followed for as long as 26 years, initial response to drug treatments strongly predicted future seizure control. Yet le [...]
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Response to First Treatment May Predi...

May10
2012
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Response to First Treatment May Predict Epilepsy’s Course The way someone responds to the first anti-seizuremedication given after a diagnosis of epilepsy often predicts how well- controlled their seizures will be over time. A new study found that about 50 percent of people became seizure-free after the first medication they took. By contrast, only 13 percent became seizure-free after the second dru [...]
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Florida Hospital for Children Receive...

May09
2012
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Florida Hospital for Children Receives Highest Designation for Epilepsy Care Florida Hospital for Children named a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by National Association of Epilepsy Centers ORLANDO, Fla., May 9, 2012 – In less than one year since its inception, the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Center at Florida Hospital for Children has been awarded the designation of a Level 4 Epilepsy Center, which is the highest desig [...]
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Glycogen Accumulation in Neurons Caus...

May09
2012
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Glycogen Accumulation in Neurons Causes Brain Damage Collaborative research by groups headed by scientists Joan J. Guinovart and Marco Milán at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has revealed conclusive evidence about the harmful effects of the accumulation of glucose chains (glycogen) in fly and mouse neurons. These two animal models will allow scientists to address the [...]
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New Wristband For Epileptic Seizures ...

May09
2012
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New Wristband For Epileptic Seizures Shows Promise Seizures are often hard to track in children with epilepsy, making it difficult for doctors to optimize their treatment. For parents, the greatest worry is that their child will have a life-threatening seizure in the middle of the night or away from home, unable to get help. And what about when that child goes off to college? “Every par [...]
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Automated way to record electrical ac...

May07
2012
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Automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain Gaining access to the inner workings of a neuron in the living brain offers a wealth of useful information: its patterns of electrical activity, its shape, even a profile of which genes are turned on at a given moment. However, achieving this entry is such a painstaking task that it is considered an art form; it is so difficult to learn that [...]
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Jogging increases life expectancy

May04
2012
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Jogging increases life expectancy Undertaking regular jogging increases the life expectancy of men by 6.2 years and women by 5.6 years, reveals the latest data from the Copenhagen City Heart study presented at the EuroPRevent2012 meeting. Reviewing the evidence of whether jogging is healthy or hazardous, Peter Schnohr told delegates that the study’s most recent analysis [...]
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Preventing Autism after early diagnos...

May03
2012
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Preventing Autism after early diagnoses of Epilepsy BOSTON, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Early-life seizures are known to be associated with autism, and studies indicate that about 40 percent of patients with autism also have epilepsy. A study from Boston Children’s Hospital finds a reason for the link, and suggests that an existing drug, already shown to be safe in childr [...]
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Preliminary study shows that Topamax ...

May02
2012
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Preliminary study shows that Topamax does not prevent normal growth in children In a report published by the American Academy of Neurology, results were shown from a preliminary study of youngsters who receive Topiramate for partial-onset epilepsy. Unfortunately, there was no control group and there were not enough children in the study for these results to be taken as absolute. By Ed Susman, Contributing Writer, MedPag [...]
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Treatment for Migraine Pain

May02
2012
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Treatment for Migraine Pain (Ivanhoe Newswire)– Anyone who has had a migraine knows how painful and disruptive it can be. New research shows that many treatments can help prevent migraines in certain people; however, few people with migraine who are candidates for these preventive treatments actually use them. “Studies show that migraine is under recognized [...]
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