Yoga may reduce epilepsy seizures and ease stress of stigma, study finds
A study in India looked at the physical and mental health benefits of breathing and stretching exercises on people diagnosed with epilepsy. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
RNA Therapeutics Will'Change Everything' in Epilepsy RNA Therapeutics Will'Change Everything' in Epilepsy
The development of RNA therapeutics for epilepsy will"change everything" because it opens up entirely new druggable targets and address the underlying causes of epilepsy, experts say.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - November 7, 2023 Category: Pathology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Effective epilepsy surgery for post-traumatic west syndrome following abusive head trauma - Tsuchiya H, Shibata T, Sasaki T, Inoue T, Date I, Akiyama T, Kobayashi K.
West syndrome, an infantile developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with a deleterious impact on long-term development, requires early treatment to minimize developmental abnormality; in such cases, epilepsy surgery should be considered a powerful thera... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Nigeria: Power Supply Improved, but Challenges Persist At Nyikangbe Health Clinic
[Nigeria Health Watch] After years of enduring epileptic electricity supply, health workers at the Elizabeth Shaba Maternal and Child Health Clinic in Nyikangbe community, Chanchaga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, said power supply has improved, making it possible for them to preserve vaccines for use in during the day. Established in 2008 by the Niger State Ministry of Health, a Nigeria Health Watch report in July 2022 noted that the facility had struggled with inadequate electricity, affecting vaccine storage, (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Energy Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Telemedicine for Epilepsy Care a Win-Win Telemedicine for Epilepsy Care a Win-Win
The availability of telehealth for epilepsy care led to significantly fewer missed appointments at a clinic in Kentucky and could be a path to bridging inequities in care nationwide.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - October 24, 2023 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Families forced to smuggle in life-saving cannabis oil for children with epilepsy amid shortages of medical wonderdrug in the UK
The Mail has spoken to two families left with no choice but to travel to Holland and smuggle cannabis oils back after a pharmacy in the UK didn't have enough to go around. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers offer hypothesis for long COVID brain fog
A group in France has offered an explanation for long COVID brain fog, with the concept based on a visual brain pattern they discovered on patient PET scans, according to a study published October 13 in Medical Hypotheses. “We hypothesize that the hypometabolism pattern observed in long COVID patients with brain fog using F-18 FDG-PET might primarily be a signature of astrocyte-related glutamatergic dysregulation,” wrote lead study author Eric Guedj, MD, PhD, of Marseille University Hospital.That is, brain inflammation triggered by COVID-19 infections may disrupt how astrocyte cells regulate glutamate, a neurotransmitt...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 19, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Clinical News Molecular Imaging Nuclear Medicine Source Type: news
Prevalence of suicidality in children and adolescents with depressive disorders with and without epilepsy - Hague C, Waber D, Rotenberg A, Vega C.
OBJECTIVE: Children with epilepsy (CWE) are at risk for a range of adverse emotional, behavioral, and social outcomes. Approximately one-third of CWE experience depressive disorders, and up to 20% of children and adolescents with epilepsy may experience su... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Saving lives, improving mothers ’ care: lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2019-21
This report, the tenth MBRRACE-UK annual report of the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity, includes surveillance data on women who died during or up to one year after pregnancy between 2019 and 2021 in the UK. In addition, it also includes confidential enquiries into the care of women who died between 2019 and 2021 in the UK and Ireland from obstetric haemorrhage, amniotic fluid embolism, anaesthetic causes, infection, general medical and surgical disorders and epilepsy and stroke. The report also includes a Morbidity Confidential Enquiry into the care of women with morbidity following repeat caesarean...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - October 17, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient safety Source Type: news
Premature mortality risk in individuals with convulsive epilepsy: results from a longitudinal, prospective, population-based study - Liu Q, Tan B, Zhang J, Jin Y, Lei P, Wang X, Li M, Jia X, Zhang Q.
OBJECTIVE
To assess premature mortality and identify associated risk factors among individuals with convulsive epilepsy in resource-poor settings using a longitudinal, prospective, population-based approach.
Method
The study recruited people with con... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Is childhood trauma a risk factor for resistant epilepsy? - Yilg ör A, Kurhan F.
Childhood traumas have been considered risk factors for many psychiatric disorders. Recent studies demonstrated that childhood traumas can also be considered risk factors for neurological diseases. In this context, the objective of this study is to investi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Exploring the complex relationship between antiepileptic drugs and suicidality: a systematic literature review - Memon AM, Katwala J, Douille C, Kelley C, Monga V.
OBJECTIVE: Compared to the general population, the risk of suicide is three times higher in patients with epilepsy and remains doubled for these patients even after adjusting for sociodemographic correlates of suicide in the absence of mental health comorb... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Upstate researcher awarded $1.2 million federal grant to look at prevention of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
SUDEP is the most common disease-related cause of death with epilepsy. (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - October 12, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Research Source Type: news
New Drug Promising for Resistant Focal Epilepsy New Drug Promising for Resistant Focal Epilepsy
A novel investigational antiseizure medication reduces seizure frequency by more than 50% in some patients with treatment-resistant focal epilepsy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - October 11, 2023 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news
Novel Potassium Channel Opener Safe, Effective for Adults With Focal Epilepsy
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 -- XEN1101 appears safe and effective for the treatment of focal-onset seizures (FOSs), according to results of a phase 2b study published online Oct. 9 in JAMA Neurology.
Jacqueline A. French, M.D., from the New York... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
