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Epileptic Seizures Can Be Duec to Heart Problem

...archers have said that Many people thought to have epilepsy may have a heart problem instead. In a study, researchers closely examined people diagnosed with epilepsy who did not respond well to medication or had symptoms unusual for the disorder. They found that mor...

Researchers Scale to assess the Severity of Epilepsy in Kids

... may increase a child's risk of having intractable epilepsy - a form of the disease that does not respond to c...thday which is also called symptomatic generalized epilepsy - are at greatest risk, according to Anne Berg, an associate professor in biological sciences at Nor...

GlaxoSmithKline - Changes Lamictal(R) Label Appearance and Packaging

...imilar names.// It is important for patients with epilepsy not to have an interruption in treatment because i...icus. Conversely, those patients that do not have epilepsy could be placed at unnecessary risk of adverse events, including serious rash, if they are mistakenl...

Quit Smoking

...by pregnant or lactating women, or people who have epilepsy or anorexia or are alcoholics....

Inadequate epilepsy treatment

The diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy is often handled in a casual “insouciant” manner, with up to 20 per cent of UK epilepsy patients not receiving appropriate drugs, researchers say. Around 30,000 people are diagnosed with e...

Epilepsy can be predicted

...res and improve the quality of life of people with epilepsy by decreasing the risk of injury, and the sense of helplessness fostered by the unpredictability of the disease."Dr David Fish, from the Institute of Neurology in London, said the research represented a potentially exciting breakthrough which may hav...

Identifying brain lesions with impaired consciousness

...common in coma patients with stroke, brain tumors, epilepsy or meningitis .The authors say, "Our study justifies the validity of systolic blood pressure for discriminating between patients with impaired consciousness who have a brain lesion and those who do not. Using systolic blood pressure in the diagnosis...

Lamictal as add-on therapy for children with epilepsy

...der. Partial seizures are the most common type of epilepsy and they begin with abnormal electrical activity i... partial seizures in children and adolescents with epilepsy when Lamictal was added to their AED regimen. Michael Duchowny, director of the Comprehensive Epile...

Antiseizure Drug in help for Alcoholics

A study indicated an epilepsy drug would help alcoholics quit drinking. Texas Health Center researchers have found that more than 50% of the alcoholics who took Topiramate, an anti-seizure drug quit or cut back drinking sharply. In comparison with the placebo treatment, those giv...

Study to look at early surgery to treat epilepsy

...t result in seizures. More than half of those with epilepsy can live seizure-free by taking medications. But n...patients , the surgery provided a way to get their epilepsy under control. Not all patients respond as well to the surgery, and doctors warn the procedure is n...

Animals Can give us a second chance at life

...arch. Pig cells are now being studied for strokes, epilepsy and Huntington’s disease. And doctors from Mexico recently transplanted pig islet cells into 12 diabetic children. Doctors say one is off insulin and the others reduced their insulin requirement by more than 60 percent. “We do know that patients wh...

Animals can give us a second chance at life

...arch. Pig cells are now being studied for strokes, epilepsy and Huntington’s disease. And doctors from Mexico recently transplanted pig islet cells into 12 diabetic children. Doctors say one is off insulin and the others reduced their insulin requirement by more than 60 percent. “We do know that patients who...

Antiparasitic Drug Effective In Reducing Seizures In Neurocysticercosis Patients

...ion is considered the most common type of acquired epilepsy around the world. In Latin America//, for example, the disease affects about 400,000 people. New research shows an antiparasitic drug appears to help people avoid seizures caused by a common parasite. Researchers speculated treatment with the antip...

More Complications Seen In Women With Epilepsy

...d States have epilepsy. Researchers say women with epilepsy may encounter // a wide-range of problems while ta...pment in children. In fact, children of women with epilepsy have a two-fold increased risk of developing cognitive difficulties. Many women with epilepsy take ...

Epilepsy Drugs Found To Lead To Bone Loss

Older women who take drugs for epilepsy may be risking bone loss say researchers. Investig...tested post-menopausal women and found // those on epilepsy drugs were significantly more likely to have lower scores on heel and hip tests to measure bone dens...

Valerian was first epilepsy drug

... medicine valerian may have been the world's first epilepsy drug, an Australian neurologist says.// Today, va...ping remedy," Eadie said.But he warned people with epilepsy not to experiment with valerian. Researchers did not know the active ingredient; the dose needed to ...

Epilepsy Patients Could Benefit From Pacemakers

People with epilepsy might benefit from the implantation of cardiac pac...e for the higher rate of unexplained death seen in epilepsy patients. Treating the condition with a pacemaker could avert many of these deaths say researchers. ...

Early Surgery For Treatment Of Epilepsy Questioned

...t result in seizures. More than half of those with epilepsy can live seizure-free by taking medications. Rese...patients , the surgery provides a way to get their epilepsy under control , however not all patients respond as well to the surgery, and specialists warn the r...

Epilepsy Drug Valproate and Lamotrigine Linked To Malformed Fetus

In a study in the March issue of Neurology, the epilepsy drug Valproate has been linked to malformation of fetus //when prescribed to pregnant ladies. For pregnant women with epileptic seizures, often the drug Valproate is prescribed. The new study shows that women who took the drug in their first trimes...

Epilepsy surgery to help child development

...chers of Bethel Epilepsy Center, Germany, say that epilepsy surgery of these children may be successfully help... Epilepsy surgery is available to certain types of epilepsy where the medication fails to give the patient a life free of seizures, or where the dosage of the m...

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