Young women who took the commonly used epilepsy drug phenytoin for one year showed significant bone loss compared to women taking other epilepsy drugs, according to a new study in Neurology.
A new study indicates that a high-fat diet has proved effective in reducing seizures in children whose epilepsy does not respond to medication.
Hackers bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images. The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some ...
... at pregnancy.
“This is the first time this type of gene has been found to be involved in epilepsy,” Dr Dibbens says.
“One of the most important discoveries we’ve made is that women in families ...
... a bike. This is a common occurrence in the life of a child with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE). The condition is associated with frequent “absent” seizures where the patient’s consciousness is ...
... This abnormal activity might underlie the transition between a single seizure and the emergence of epilepsy, characterized by recurrent seizures.
"We found that seizures caused cells to become more ...
The most prestigious funding body in the world for epilepsy has financially backed Australian research into new approaches to treat the condition.
BELTSVILLE, Md., July 10 (UPI) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel voted Thursday not to recommend black-box warnings -- the agency's toughest warning -- for several epilepsy drugs.
... whose mothers were taking only topiramate, and 13 were in those whose mothers were taking topiramate and other epilepsy drugs.
Four of the babies had cleft palates or cleft lips, a rate 11 times ...
... , and help them stay away from alcohol more successfully. The drug, often used to treat epilepsy and chronic pain, is not habit-forming and is not processed by the liver.
Although the study involved ...
... alcohol problems and sleep problems -- which often occur together -- might be helped by an epilepsy drug. The study, which is small but was placebo-controlled, opens the door for further research on ...
... with people in the general population. That risk was highest for people with epilepsy and a learning disability, those in institutional care and those who have had brain surgery but who were not all ...
... such as tumor versus vascular malformation versus congenital deformity," said Dr. Hamilton.
Epilepsy is a disease with serious consequences for patients and society. Surgery offers the potential for ...
... diet, a high fat, low carbohydrate diet more traditionally used for intractable childhood epilepsy, is an effective treatment for this condition before using drugs. The study is the first description ...
... If this could be done safely in humans, it might be possible to ameliorate the symptoms of epilepsy, mental retardation and autism, which are frequent complications of TSC, say the researchers. Their ...
